cavity
nounHow many syllables in cavity?
There are 3 syllables in the word cavity.How to pronounce cavity:
Definition of cavity:
- cavity (noun):
- a hollow space
- a hollowed-out space
- an unfilled space within a mass
- a sizeable hole (usually in the ground).
Synonyms for cavity:
alcove
barbecue pit
basin
bodily cavity
borrow pit
bowl
burrow
caries
cave
cavern
cavum
concavity
crater
dent
dental caries
depression
dint
ditch
divot
enclosed space
excavation
fire pit
furrow
gap
groove
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Antonyms for cavity:
agreement
bank
bulge
bump
butte
camber
carbuncle
closing
closure
concordance
continuation
convexity
distention
dune
end
entertainment
excess
excrescence
filling
gibbosity
growth
hill
hillock
hummock
hump
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- pressmanship
- interpret
- Geoffrey
- fanciful
- escapade
- sweltering
- preconceive
- nastiest
- modulate
- astutely
- villages
- militate
- magnified
- Kevina
- definite
- sedated
- percussion
- glutinous
- countryseat
- conspiring
- caracoled
- belated
- perspiring
- Illinois
- dehydrate
- undulate
- genetic
- deriving
- contender
- bestseller
- ananas
- aftermath
- unspoken
- trickier
- syncope
- substantiate
- restructured
- firetrap
- beverage
- prophesy
- paraded
- manuka
- interferes
- groggily
- fiasco
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- effigy
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- succumbing
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