English Explanatory Dictionary

cavity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
  2. A hollow area within the body.
  3. The female part of a mold: the depression itself or (metonymically) the half of the mold that contains it.
  4. A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæv.ɪt.i/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cavity.wav [ˈkʰæv.ɨɾ.i]

Word forms

cavity cavities

Etymology

From Middle French cavité or Late Latin cavitās, from cav(i) (“hollow, excavated, concave”) + -tās (“-ity”, nominal suffix). First attested in the Mid-16th c.

Synonyms

caries

Related words

cave cavitary cavitate concave excavate excavation excavator

Derived words

anticavity body cavity search cavicapture cavitand cavitation cavitied cavityless cavity magnetron cavity QED cavity quantum electrodynamics cavity resonator cavity search cavity wall centre of cavity cotyloid cavity gastrovascular cavity intracavity intracavital microwave resonant cavity thruster mouth cavity multicavity pelvic cavity pulp cavity subcavity

Translations

Armenian: խորշ Bashkir: соҡор Bulgarian: дупка Bulgarian: вдлъбнатина Catalan: cavitat Chinese Mandarin: 孔穴 Chinese Mandarin: 空腔 Czech: dutina Egyptian: q:r-r:*t-N33 Estonian: auk Estonian: tühimik Estonian: õõnsus Estonian: süvis Estonian: lohk Estonian: mõlk Estonian: pesa Galician: cavidade German: Hohlraum German: Gravur German: Aushöhlung German: Loch Greek: τρύπα Ancient Greek: κοίλωμα Hebrew: חור Hungarian: üreg Hungarian: odú Hungarian: lyuk Hungarian: mélyedés Italian: cavità Italian: alveolo Italian: incavo Japanese: 空洞 Korean: 구멍 Latgalian: dūbs Latin: lacūna Latvian: dobums Manx: towl Māori: pakohu Māori: arearenga Plautdietsch: Hollinj Polish: wydrążenie Polish: dziura Portuguese: cavidade Romanian: cavitate Romanian: gaură Russian: впа́дина Russian: дыра́ Russian: я́ма Spanish: cavidad Turkish: kovuk Volapük: kev Welsh: ceudod
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