indentation

indentation

noun

Definition of INDENTATION

1

a sunken area forming a separate space <the previous occupant's furniture had left some fairly noticeable indentations in the carpet>

Synonyms cavity, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indentation, indenture, pit, recess

Related Words burrow, cave, cavern, ditch, excavation, furrow, groove, gutter, trench, trough; basin, bowl, valley; alcove, cleft, niche, nook, opening, recess, socket; alveolus, dimple, gouge, impression, imprint, notch, pocket; borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole, sinkhole, wallow, water hole, well; abyss, chasm, gulf, vacuity, vacuum, void

Near Antonyms hill, mound, rise; bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumor

Antonyms bulge, camber, convexity, jut, projection, protrusion, protuberance

2

a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface <deep indentations along the edge of the leaf>

Synonyms chip, hack, indent, indentation, indenture, kerf, nick

Related Words joggle, nock, punch, snip; groove, score, undercut; slit, slot