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, hollow, indentation, hole, pit, recessWords 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, voidNear Antonyms of indenture hill, mound, rise; bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumorAntonyms 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, notch, kerf, nickWords Related to indenture joggle, nock, punch, snip; groove, score, undercut; slit, slot