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indentation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of indentation

1 a sunken area forming a separate space

  • the previous occupantʼs 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, 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 of indentation

chip, hack, indent, indenture, kerf, nick, notch
Words Related to indentation

joggle, nock, punch, snip

groove, score, undercut

slit, slot

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