cavity
/ˈkæv.ɪt.i/ sustantivo C1En español: cavidad, caries
- A hollow area within the body.
- The female part of a mold: the depression itself or (metonymically) the half of the mold that contains it.
- A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries. · Jim got two cavities filled at the dentist's office yesterday.
Plural cavities
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The abbé smiled, and, proceeding to the disused fireplace, raised, by the help of his chisel, a long stone, which had doubtless been the hearth, beneath which was a cavity of considerable depth, serving as a safe depository of the articles mentioned to Dantès.
In the centre of the room was a Roller and Blanchet “baby grand” piano in rosewood, but holding the potentialities of an orchestra in its narrow and sonorous cavity, and groaning beneath the weight of the chefs-d’œuvre of Beethoven, Weber, Mozart, Haydn, Grétry, and Porpora.
When scent molecules enter the nasal cavity, they stimulate specialized receptors that immediately transmit signals to the olfactory bulb.
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