CAVITY Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

cavity

noun

ˈka-və-tē

Definition of cavity

as in hole

a sunken area forming a separate space a cavity in the lawn where a tree stump had been removed

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Recent Examples of cavity The tradition, known as lördagsgodis, began in the 1950s by Swedish health officials to encourage limiting candy-eating to once a week and prevent cavities. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026 Your saliva flow drops overnight, Atria says, allowing the fluoride from your toothbrush to stay on your teeth longer and better protect against cavities. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 23 July 2026 Even dead trees and snags are useful, hosting insects for food and cavities for shelter. — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026 The companion Over-the-Range Microwave also includes Air Fry Max and boasts convection cooking, which circulates hot air throughout the cavity for faster and more even cooking. — Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cavity

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The Airbnb is also equipped with a hot tub, a nine-hole disc golf course, and lots of board games, so there’s always something to do.

— Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026
Use the handle of a wooden spoon to poke holes all over cake, about 1-inch apart.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of hole

Noun

The figure was weighed down by currency headwinds, which left a 200 million Swiss francs dent, and the production segment, as Swatch chose to keep factories and jobs intact rather than cut hours.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
But there are so many programs in the code that are essentially unrelated to funding the government that one more barely makes a dent.

— Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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And what is the second derivative, or the concavity, of the potential during those same relevant e-foldings of inflation?

— Big Think, Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Antonio Stradivari, for instance, carefully tinkered with the geometry of his violins—the relative concavity of the back and the front, the thickness of the wood—to produce his legendary results.

— Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024

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