as in hollow
curved inward
a concave lens
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as in cavity
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Recent Examples of concave
Stephen Garner, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
Lay a spoon face down over the top of a cup, with the rim of the glass about halfway down the concave part of the spoon.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Okazaki planned to throw in a fairly moderate double concave through the tail, and a single concave around where my front foot would be.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
The matte alligator Venere bag with a concave top was hand-painted to achieve a shiny, shimmering effect, while the top-handle Perla, a squarish bucket-like bag, came in rich hues, including dark brown and ruby red.
—Stephen Garner, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
Lay a spoon face down over the top of a cup, with the rim of the glass about halfway down the concave part of the spoon.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
At least as long ago as the time of Confucius, and possibly earlier, Chinese households used concave mirrors to focus sunlight onto kindling to light cooking fires.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Okazaki planned to throw in a fairly moderate double concave through the tail, and a single concave around where my front foot would be.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concave
Adjective
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This now rings insultingly hollow— in 2021 Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed that the company, soon renamed Meta, did in fact have the tools to effectively halt the spread of dangerous disinformation on everything from politics to medicine.—
David Robert Grimes,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2025
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This is also why the contemporaneous criticisms of the picture as style over substance ring so hollow today.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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It is added to some dental products, such as toothpaste, to help prevent cavities.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Photo : Urban Aisle for Sotheby's International Realty A sunken seating spot is tucked off to one side of the yard.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2025
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Aust showed me a sepia portrait of Hiller, who looked out with sunken eyes, a middle-aged man who had already lived through one world war.—
Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Adjective
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Meantime, brands that have thus far managed to weather a wider luxury downturn and depressed consumer spending, such as Hermes , could be best placed to pass on price rises.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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However, the knock-on effects — namely, depressed U.S. consumer spending and a pullback in ad budgets — would clearly cut into Hollywood’s profits, according to analysts.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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The series builds a lot of sympathy for the showcased players, especially Duran, who is uncomfortably open recalling the pressure his father — who admits to some regrets as well — put on him and talking about his struggles with depression.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
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After addressing changes in his diet, Williams said, his health and depression became manageable.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Photo : Italy Sotheby’s International Realty One of them includes a bar set within an arched recess.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2025
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The New York Democrat spent much of the recess promoting a book aimed at combating antisemitism, but he was also forced to sell himself as still being the best person to lead Senate Democrats.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Concave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concave. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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