Cavity

//ˈkæv.ɪt.i//

Synonyms for "cavity" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Noun(3 words)

pit abysm abyss alveolation alveolus antrum aperture armpit arroyo basin booth bowl box box canyon breach break broaching canyon caries cave

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cell cellule chamber chap chasm check chimney chink

Strong matches (46)

clearing cleft cleuch clough col compartment concave concavity coulee couloir crack cranny crater crevasse crevice crib crypt cup cut cwm

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deep defile dell delve depression depth dike dip disclosure ditch donga draw enclosed space excavation fault fenestra fissure fistula flaw flume fold follicle fontanel foramen

Noun(2 words)

dental caries enclosed space

Related words (77)

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More general

9 entries

anatomical structure bodily structure body structure complex body part decay hole hollow space structure

Synonyms

2 entries

caries pit

Related terms

7 entries

cave cavitary cavitate concave excavate excavation excavator

at location

7 entries

dentist molar mouth solid object teeth tooth unbrushed tooth

coordinate

1 entries

core

derived

22 entries

anticavity body cavity search cavicapture cavitand cavitation cavitied cavity QED cavity magnetron cavity quantum electrodynamics cavity resonator cavity search cavity wall cavityless cotyloid cavity gastrovascular cavity intracavital

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has context

2 entries

anatomy dentistry

has property

1 entries

painful

is a

10 entries

cavity or container concave thing dark hole decay decaying hole in tooth hole in tooth negative space space spot structure

part of

1 entries

body

related to

11 entries

caries cave concave depression excavate excavation excavator hole hollow sinus tooth

used for

3 entries

dentists to drill and fill fill stuffing with

Translations

122 translations across 46 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

holte noun (hollow area within the body)
liggaamsholte noun (hollow area within the body)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

βρῶμα noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
κοίλωμα noun (hole or hollow depression)
νηδύς noun (hollow area within the body)

Arabic

1 entries

تَجْوِيف noun (hollow area within the body)

Armenian

2 entries

խոռոչ noun (hollow area within the body)
խորշ noun (hole or hollow depression)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

boşluq noun (hollow area within the body)

Bashkir

2 entries

соҡор noun (hole or hollow depression)
ҡыуыш noun (hollow area within the body)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вдлъбнатина noun (hole or hollow depression)
дупка noun (hole or hollow depression)
кариес noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
кухина noun (hollow area within the body)

Catalan

3 entries

cavitat noun (hole or hollow depression)
cavitat noun (hollow area within the body)
càries noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

孔穴 noun (hole or hollow depression)
空腔 noun (hole or hollow depression)
腔 noun (hollow area within the body)
蟲牙 /虫牙 noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Czech

2 entries

dutina noun (hole or hollow depression)
dutina noun (hollow area within the body)

Danish

1 entries

hul noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Dutch

2 entries

gaatje noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
gat noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Egyptian

1 entries

q:r-r:*t-N33 noun (hole or hollow depression)

Esperanto

1 entries

kario noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Estonian

4 entries

Sööbik (the Karius by Thorbjørn Egner) noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
auk noun (hole or hollow depression)
hambaauk noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
hambamädanik noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Finnish

4 entries

hammasmätä noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
hammasreikä noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
karies noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
reikä noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

French

1 entries

carie noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Galician

1 entries

cavidade noun (hole or hollow depression)

German

4 entries

Aushöhlung noun (hole or hollow depression)
Gravur noun (hole or hollow depression)
Hohlraum noun (hole or hollow depression)
Hohlraum noun (hollow area within the body)

Greek

3 entries

κοιλότητα noun (hollow area within the body)
κουφάλα noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
τρύπα noun (hole or hollow depression)

Hebrew

3 entries

חָלָל noun (hollow area within the body)
חור noun (hole or hollow depression)
עַשֶּׁשֶׁת noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Hungarian

4 entries

foglyuk noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
lyuk noun (hole or hollow depression)
lyuk noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
mélyedés noun (hole or hollow depression)

Inuktitut

1 entries

ᐊᐅᓂᖅ noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Irish

2 entries

cuas noun (hollow area within the body)
cuasán noun (hollow area within the body)

Italian

4 entries

alveolo noun (hole or hollow depression)
carie noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
cavità noun (hole or hollow depression)
cavità noun (hollow area within the body)

Japanese

3 entries

空洞 noun (hole or hollow depression)
腔 noun (hollow area within the body)
虫歯 noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Kapampangan

1 entries

busbus ipan noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Korean

4 entries

강 noun (hollow area within the body)
공동 noun (hollow area within the body)
구멍 noun (hole or hollow depression)
충치 noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Latgalian

1 entries

dūbs noun (hole or hollow depression)

Latin

2 entries

cavea noun (hollow area within the body)
lacūna noun (hole or hollow depression)

Latvian

2 entries

dobums noun (hole or hollow depression)
dobums noun (hollow area within the body)

Malay

1 entries

kaviti noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Malayalam

1 entries

പോട് noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Manx

1 entries

towl noun (hole or hollow depression)

Māori

2 entries

arearenga noun (hole or hollow depression)
pakohu noun (hole or hollow depression)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

kelên noun (hollow area within the body)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Hollinj noun (hole or hollow depression)

Polish

3 entries

dziura noun (hole or hollow depression)
ubytek noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
wydrążenie noun (hole or hollow depression)

Portuguese

3 entries

cavidade noun (hole or hollow depression)
cavidade noun (hollow area within the body)
cárie noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Romanian

2 entries

cavitate noun (hole or hollow depression)
gaură noun (hole or hollow depression)

Russian

4 entries

впа́дина noun (hole or hollow depression)
дыра́ noun (hole or hollow depression)
ка́риес noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
по́лость noun (hollow area within the body)

Spanish

3 entries

caries noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
cavidad noun (hole or hollow depression)
cavidad noun (hollow area within the body)

Swedish

3 entries

hål noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
karies noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)
tandröta noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Thai

1 entries

ฟันผุ noun (hole and soft area in tooth caused by caries)

Volapük

2 entries

kev noun (hole or hollow depression)
kevil noun (hollow area within the body)

Welsh

2 entries

ceudod noun (hole or hollow depression)
ceudod noun (hollow area within the body)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Since I developed this cavity, my tooth has been really sensitive to heat and cold.

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I think I have a cavity.

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The boundary of the solar cavity is the heliopause, about fifty astronomical units from the sun, where the solar wind pressure is down to the tiny pressure between stars in our arm of the galaxy.

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I've never had a cavity.

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