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indenture

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of indenture

1 a sunken area forming a separate space

the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor

Synonyms of indenture

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

Words Related to indenture

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 indenture

hill, mound, rise

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

Antonyms of indenture

bulge, camber, convexity, jut, projection, protrusion, protuberance

2 a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface

made a small indenture to mark the spot where the plank was to be sawed

Synonyms of indenture

chip, hack, indent, indentation, kerf, nick, notch

Words Related to indenture

joggle, nock, punch, snip

groove, score, undercut

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