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indentation

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Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of indentation

cavity, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hole, hollow, indenture, pit, recess

Words Related to indentation

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 of indentation

hill, mound, rise

bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumor

Antonyms of indentation

bulge, 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 of indentation

chip, hack, indent, kerf, nick, notch

Words Related to indentation

groove, score, undercut

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