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concavities

noun

plural of concavity
as in holes
a sunken area forming a separate space water collected in a shallow concavity on the floor of the cave

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concavities
  1. holes
  2. dents
  3. cavities
  4. pits
  5. furrows
  6. depressions
  7. hollows
  8. indentations
Noun
  • Each pad has more than 200 ventilation holes to boost airflow around your bust to prevent you from overheating.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Tiny holes in the graphite allowed the microscope’s metal tip to scan the semiconductor underneath.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of holes
Noun
  • When shopping for apples, choose fruits that are firm and free from bruises and dents.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Rust on two tomatillo sauce cans and rust with dents on five creamy mushroom sauce cans drew Stop Sales on all seven cans.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of dents
Noun
  • Microwave resonators and high-quality optical cavities could provide another path toward stronger conversion.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Regular dental visits can help prevent cavities and treat problems early.
    — Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of cavities
Noun
  • These mysterious features are a bunch of broad, shallow pits scattered across the Martian bedrock.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Lee's cancer was the direct result of his exposure to the burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    — Robert McGreevy , Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pits
Noun
  • The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In fossils, tooth marks often look like punctures or furrows.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
Definition of furrows
Noun
  • Fill ruts, depressions, and holes with topsoil and either turf or plants.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of depressions
Noun
  • As long as you nestle each new layer into the hollows below, either method will ultimately lead to a version of the same structure, with a density of about 74 percent.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Arcadia Valley Missouri The hills, hollows, caves, and springs of the Missouri Ozarks all promise great fall drives.
    — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of hollows
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
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