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Synonyms for cavity

Most common

tooth decay dental caries caries hollow hole

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A hole or hollow depression in a solid object. A hollow area within the body.

  2. n. 2

    A hole or hollow depression in a solid object. The female part of a mold: the depression itself or (metonymically) the half of the mold that contains it.

Forms

Plural
cavities → hollows, holes, apertures, pits…

Example sentences

  • hole Just once, I'd like to get a hole-in-one some day.
  • hollow Near Sleepy Hollow is a village called Tarry Town.
  • chamber Sami put a live round in the chamber of his weapon.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cavitysteady
holesteady
hollowsteady
chamberfalling
cavumfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
gap1, pit1
4 letters
hole1, dent1
5 letters
vault1, scoop1, sinus2, chasm2, cleft1, cavum
6 letters
hollow2, caries
7 letters
opening3, chamber2, fissure2
8 letters
aperture3
9 letters
hollowing3
10 letters
depression3, excavation4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sinus2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
carie
Italiano
carie