All foramina synonyms
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- dent β If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
- tunnel β an underground passage.
- void β Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
- crater β A crater is a very large hole in the ground, which has been caused by something hitting it or by an explosion.
- pocket β a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- window β an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
- gap β a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- pit β the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- space β the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- mouth β Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
- crack β If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- vent β a slit in the back or side of a coat, jacket, or other garment, at the bottom part of a seam.
- cranny β Crannies are very narrow openings or spaces in something.
- covert β Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- hollow β having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- chasm β A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.
- cistern β A cistern is a container which stores the water supply for a building, or that holds the water for flushing a toilet.
- lair β A wild animal's resting place, especially one that is well hidden.
- fissure β a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
- cavity β A cavity is a space or hole in something such as a solid object or a person's body.
- leak β an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
- cave β A cave is a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground.
- nick β Old Nick.
- fracture β the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- aperture β An aperture is a narrow hole or gap.
- cleft β A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
- pockmark β Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- gash β a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- niche β an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- shelter β something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- nest β a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- peephole β a small hole or opening through which to peep or look, as in a door.
- puncture β the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- gorge β to swallow, especially greedily.
- hovel β a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut.
- chink β A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
- orifice β an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- lacuna β a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- burrow β A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
- dimple β a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
- cavern β A cavern is a large deep cave.
- rent β an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure.
- depression β A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- scoop β a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- passage β a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.
- split β to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- vacuity β the state of being vacuous or without contents; vacancy; emptiness: the vacuity of the open sea.
- retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.