English-Thai Dictionary

cavity

N หลุม  รู  โพรง  hole lum

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAVITY

n.A hollow place; hollowness; an opening; as the cavity of the mouth or throat. This is a word of very general signification.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAVITY

Cav "i *ty, n.; pl. Cavities. Etym: [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavité. ]

 

1. Hollowness. [Obs. ] The cavity or hollowness of the place. Goodwin.

 

2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity. An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon. Arbuthot. Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomicæ. Quain.Body cavity, the coelum. See under Body.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cavity

cav i ty |ˈkavitē ˈkævədi | ▶noun ( pl. cavities ) an empty space within a solid object, in particular the human body: the abdominal cavity | a body cavity. • a decayed part of a tooth. DERIVATIVES cav i tar y |-iˌterē |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French cavité or late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus ‘hollow. ’

 

cavity wall

cav i ty wall |ˈkævədi ˌwɔl | ▶noun a wall formed from two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cavity

cav ¦ity |ˈkavɪti | ▶noun ( pl. cavities ) an empty space within a solid object: the abdominal cavity. • a decayed part of a tooth. DERIVATIVES cavitary |ˈkavɪt (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French cavité or late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus ‘hollow ’.

 

cavity wall

cav ¦ity wall ▶noun a wall formed from two thicknesses of brickwork or blockwork with a space between them.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cavity

cavity noun microscopic photos show a surface covered with nodes and cavities: space, chamber, hollow, hole, pocket, pouch; orifice, aperture; socket, gap, crater, pit.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cavity

cavity noun customs officers found a secret cavity in the car: space, chamber, hollow, hole, pocket, pouch; orifice, aperture; socket, gap, crater, pit; cutting, concavity; Anatomy lacuna, sac, alveolus, ampulla, antrum, archenteron, bulla, bursa, lumen, orbit, sinus, ventricle, vesicle; Zoology calyx; Botany cyst; Geology geode, vug.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cavity

cav i ty /kǽvəti /名詞 複 -ties C 1 ｟かたく ｠穴, 空洞 .2 〘医 〙腔 （こう ）; 虫歯 .～́ w à ll (断熱 防音用の )中空壁 .