cavity

noun

ˈka-və-tē How to pronounce cavity (audio)
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as in hole
a sunken area forming a separate space a cavity in the lawn where a tree stump had been removed

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Recent Examples of cavity Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Matthew Brown and Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025 And, a wealth of studies have found that water fluoridation was related to a significant (up to 30%) decrease in cavities among adults and children. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 Brushing your teeth twice a day for two minutes with fluoride toothpaste helps reduce the risk of cavities (caries) and periodontal disease. — Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Mar. 2025 In some areas, the level of naturally occurring fluoride in the water is already at a level that can prevent cavities. — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cavity
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  1. hole
  2. dent
  3. pit
  4. concavity
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  • Better yet, seal up holes in your house to prevent the mice from entering to begin with and store food in rodent proof (preferably glass or metal) containers.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Audi can make your 2010s niche racing dreams come true, in other words, which is probably a better way to spend the money burning a hole in your pocket than buying yet another supercar that will sit in a garage to be admired.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of hole
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  • Then the pandemic sparked a moving frenzy, putting a serious dent in that number.
    — Samantha Latson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • If 200,000 Gold Cards are sold at $5 million each, the resulting $1 trillion could make a meaningful dent in the national debt.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of dent
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  • Regan Smith gets only Cup win On May 7, 2011, Regan Smith — now a pit reporter for NASCAR on FOX — won the only race of his Cup Series career, defeating newly-inducted Hall of Famer Carl Edwards by 0.196 seconds in the Southern 500.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Surrounded by the red rock landscape the region is famous for, the property also has a pool, hot tub and community fire pits. Follow me on Twitter.
    — Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of pit
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  • Antonio Stradivari, for instance, carefully tinkered with the geometry of his violins—the relative concavity of the back and the front, the thickness of the wood—to produce his legendary results.
    — Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Fluted white marble columns sit on black granite pedestals, carrying the eye upward to where lines slide over, folds narrow, and concavities become convex.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Aug. 2023
Definition of concavity

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