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orifice

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of orifice

a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing

the mouth is a bodily orifice

Synonyms of orifice

aperture, hole, opening, perforation

Words Related to orifice

breach, break, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, fissure, gash, notch, rent, rift, rupture, slash, slit, split, tear

exit, mouth, outlet, pore, vent

entrance, inlet, intake

pinhole, pinprick, punch, puncture

airhole, armhole, buttonhole, keyhole, knothole, peephole, pothole, wormhole

Near Antonyms of orifice

fill, filler, filling, patch, plug, seal, stopper

barrier, blockage, obstacle, obstruction

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