CONCAVES Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

concaves

noun

plural of concave

as in cavities

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Noun

Many toothpastes also have additional active ingredients that target specific oral health concerns, like cavities or gingivitis (gum inflammation).

— Hannah Harper, HEALTH, 6 Sep. 2026
Sound waves excite the air in the cavities, forcing out the oscillating air to generate thrust.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of cavities

Noun

Mosses and lichens filled the hollows, while yellowish dead man’s fingers — a spooky and thus aptly named fungus — curled among low-growing rhododendrons that perfumed the air with warm, woody notes.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
These snakes lay 4–15 eggs in tree hollows, which hatch in about 45 days.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of hollows

Noun

The town said the meters and meter pits are part of its infrastructure and that tampering with the equipment is prohibited under town code.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Food and drink The Piazza, the resort's Le Corbusier-looking central bar and restaurant, has tables spilling out on the beach and around campfire pits on chilly nights.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of pits

Noun

But depressions and debris littering Mercury's landscape from new impact craters have covered up such wrinkles, thus obscuring just how much the planet has shrunk, the researchers said in a press release announcing their findings.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
This sport is rooted in traditions that span generations and have endured through two world wars, economic booms, depressions and social strife.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of depressions

Noun

Some have indentations meant to gather rainwater, and some have multiple points of entry and egress, all of which the rats apparently appreciate.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Like the experimental teeth, the ones from Neanderthal archaeological sites had the same overlapping small fractures, shallow indentations, and shallow scratches.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026

Definition of indentations

Noun

The company's first wells at its pilot facility in Nevada took 70 days to drill to a measured depth of 11,220 feet.

— Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Engineering light at nanoscale The team built the semiconductor from gallium arsenide and aluminum gallium arsenide, arranging the materials into ultra-thin layers known as multi-quantum wells.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of wells

Noun

It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Nine days after flash flooding washed away valleys and buried entire villages, rescue workers in Nepal had started to shift their operations from finding survivors to recovering bodies.

— Kosh Raj Koirala, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

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