concavity

Roget-categorie 252

2. Words relating to space
› 2.3. Form
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#252. Concavity

zelfstandig naamwoord

concavity, depression, dip — hollow, hollowness — indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus^†, lacuna — excavation, strip mine — trough etc. (furrow) 259 — honeycomb.
cup, basin, crater, punch bowl — cell etc. (receptacle) 191 — socket.
valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe^†, bottom, slade^†, strath^†, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove — grot^†, grotto — alcove, cul-de-sac — gully etc. 198 — arch etc. (curve) 245 — bay etc. (of the sea) 343.
excavator, sapper, miner.
honeycomb (sponge) 252.1.

werkwoord

be concave etc. adj. — retire, cave in.
render concave etc. adj. — depress, hollow — scoop, scoop out — gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

depressed etc. v. — alveolate^†, calathiform^†, cup-shaped, dishing — favaginous^†, faveolate^†, favose^† — scyphiform^†, scyphose^† — concave, hollow, stove in — retiring — retreating — cavernous — porous etc. (with holes) 260 — infundibul^†, infundibular^†, infundibuliform^† — funnel shaped, bell shaped — campaniform^†, capsular — vaulted, arched.

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