CAVITY

Definition:

1. [noun] a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
   Synonyms: pit
   
   
2. [noun] space that is surrounded by something
   Synonyms: enclosed space
   
   
3. [noun] soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
   Synonyms: caries, dental caries, tooth decay
   
   
4. [noun] (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
   Synonyms: bodily cavum
   
   

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Related Words:

• barbecue pit
• borrow pit
• divot
• fire pit
• quicksand
• sandpit
• sawpit
• tar pit
• hollow
• pouch, sac, sack, pocket
• blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity
• archenteron
• sinus
• locule, loculus
• lumen
• socket
• pulp cavity
• eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
• buccal cavity
• antrum
• vestibule
• mediastinum
• middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum
• pleural cavity
• chamber
• cranial cavity, intracranial cavity
• amniotic cavity
• peritoneal cavity, greater peritoneal sac
• bursa omentalis, omental bursa, lesser peritoneal cavity
• pericardial cavity, pericardial space
• vacuole
• ventricle
• sac
• uterine cavity
• nasal cavity
• nasopharynx
• oropharynx
• laryngopharynx
• cecum, caecum, blind gut
• tubular cavity
• armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa
• chest cavity, thoracic cavity
• abdominal cavity, abdomen
• pelvis, renal pelvis
• pelvic cavity
• celom, coelom, celoma
• pit, fossa