cavity
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈkævɪti/
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- Seismographic data recently detected a massive underground cavity over nine miles down.
- small cavities
- deep cavities
- cavity and core
Really small seed cavity, huge long neck on them.
- Really small seed cavity, huge long neck on them.
Examples
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Colored lights flitted through the dark cavity of the bus as it pulled into town.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the hidden cavity, Ulfra kept the relics of her past life.
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There is a cavity under the living room floor.
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Really small seed cavity, huge long neck on them.
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This one's got a cavity.
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We place this shorter cavity within the the long cavity.
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I'm not going into that cavity.
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It looks like there's a good cavity right here.
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The various cavities that have been excavated are enormous, as was the original stone cavity.
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A large cavity formed in the rock after years of erosion by wind and water.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
An opening in something, often made by people or nature
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3.6
A large hole in the ground used for mining
78
5.5
A small hollow space inside a rock or object that can hold other material
14
3.8
A small empty space or dip in something
A hole that forms when wood decays or people dig the ground
Compounds
- Specialized
5
5.1
A large space inside the body below the chest that holds the stomach and other organs
- Specialized
4
4.2
One of the two hollow spaces inside the nose that lead to the throat and help breathing and smelling
- Specialized
1
5.9
The space inside the chest between the ribs and the diaphragm that holds the heart and lungs
- Specialized
1
6.4
The space inside the chest around the lungs between two thin layers
- Specialized
1
8.6
A space inside the belly between thin tissue layers holding a small amount of fluid
- Specialized
1
5.3
Space inside the hip bones that holds organs like the bladder and rectum
- Specialized
1
6.8
A space inside the womb between the cervix and the Fallopian tubes where a fertilized egg grows
- Specialized
A hollow space inside the body like the chest or belly that holds organs
- Specialized
A hollow chamber that makes sound or light waves grow stronger by bouncing inside
- Specialized
A wall with two layers and a space between them to keep heat in and water out
- Specialized
A cup-shaped hollow in the hip bone that receives the head of the thigh bone to form the hip joint
- Specialized
A fluid-filled space around the developing baby inside the sac that protects and supports it
- Specialized
A small space filled with fluid between the layers around the heart that lets it move smoothly
- Specialized
A space in the middle ear between the eardrum and inner ear that holds tiny bones for hearing
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
cavity = cave (transparent) = cav + ity
Formed as a nominal derivation equivalent to 'cave' + '-ity', so learners who know 'cave' can infer 'cavity' as a hollow or hollowed space.
Etymology
Cavity comes from the old Latin word cavus meaning 'hollow', the same root as cave. That's why a hollow place in the ground or a hollow in a tree is called a cavity — it is simply a natural 'hollow' space.