as in aperture
a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing
the mouth is a bodily orifice
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Recent Examples of orifice
Flies find a dead body very quickly and lay their eggs in a natural orifice, such as an eye, or in a wound.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
One spring, or manantial, is fed by groundwater that flows from a small orifice in the rock to create the larger pool.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
This fleshy conglomerate feels vaguely seductive despite having only navels for orifices, only knee-like lumps for appendages.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
There’s a questionable orifice in the front of his forehead.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
One spring, or manantial, is fed by groundwater that flows from a small orifice in the rock to create the larger pool.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
This fleshy conglomerate feels vaguely seductive despite having only navels for orifices, only knee-like lumps for appendages.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
There’s a questionable orifice in the front of his forehead.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orifice
Noun
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The lens is fully manual, covering both focus and aperture.—
Tantse Walter,
Space.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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The book opens its aperture to the amplest of wide angles, too.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Nine months later, Kinser’s remains were found in a sinkhole with a bullet hole in his skull, according to court documents.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Further testing discovered a hole in a steel pipe within the well, about 2,700 feet deep, a potential escape hatch for oil field wastewater.—
Nick Bowlin,
The Frontier,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Orifice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orifice. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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