cavity

substantivoatestado nos diálogos

Estados Unidos/[ˈkʰæv.ɨɾ.i]/
//ˈkæv.ɪt.i//

A hole or hollow depression in a solid object. A hollow area within the body.

substantivo

1
A hole or hollow depression in a solid object. A hollow area within the body.
2
A hole or hollow depression in a solid object. The female part of a mold: the depression itself or (metonymically) the half of the mold that contains it.
3
A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
Jim got two cavities filled at the dentist's office yesterday.

Etimologia

From Middle French cavité or Late Latin cavitās, from cav(i) (“hollow, excavated, concave”) + -tās (“-ity”, nominal suffix). First attested in the Mid-16th c.

Formas

plural: cavities

caveman · An early human or closely related species, popularly held to…cavern · A large cave.caviar · Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish,…

cavity · A hole or hollow depression in a solid object. A hollow area within the body.

cawing · The act of producing a caw sound.Cayman · Of or related to the Cayman Islands, understood…CC · Companion of the Order of Canada.

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