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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But another unique aspect of BAFTAs are its British-specific categories like Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, which widen the aperture of what films BAFTA voters consider as awards contenders.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
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This is the type of storm that can tighten the aperture of people’s lives for a time.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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This week’s forecast, appropriately enough, calls for sunshine and temperatures in the mid-70s for the 72-hole event.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Across the street, crime scene investigators took photos of a silver Chevy car, which had at least one bullet hole in its front windshield.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Orifice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orifice. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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