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
One spring, or manantial, is fed by groundwater that flows from a small orifice in the rock to create the larger pool.
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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
Like other Ediacaran fossils, Quaestio doesn't seem to posses any orifices.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
There’s a questionable orifice in the front of his forehead.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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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
Like other Ediacaran fossils, Quaestio doesn't seem to posses any orifices.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
There’s a questionable orifice in the front of his forehead.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for orifice
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orifice
Noun
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However, a telescope with an aperture of 8-inches or more will reveal Uranus as a tiny blue dot in the eyepiece under good atmospheric conditions.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Under Baer, Stitch Fix has been opening the aperture and is letting consumers get larger fixes on their own timetables as well as shipments based on a theme or built around a purchase through the platform’s freestyle service.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Dodgers could add Tucker to fill the massive hole in their outfield.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The HLSLongsleeve base layer features integrated thumb holes and an ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) rating of at least 40.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Orifice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orifice. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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