Definitions for cavities

cavities cav·i·ty

Spelling: [kav-i-tee]
IPA: /ˈkæv ɪ ti/

Cavities is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 250 anagrams from letters in cavities (aceiistv).

Definitions for cavities

noun

  1. any hollow place; hollow.
  2. Anatomy. a hollow space within the body, an organ, a bone, etc.
  3. a hollow space or a pit in a tooth, most commonly produced by caries. A cavity may be artificially made to support dental restorations.

Origin of cavities

1535-45; Middle French cavite Late Latin cavitās hollowness, equivalent to Latin cav(us) hollow + -itās -ity

Examples for cavities

Wherever a cavity forms in the body lymph is liable to enter it.

In police work, that's called a custody search that includes everything short of a cavity search.

Take a “cavity bomb,” for example: explosives hidden in rolls of fat, between butt cheeks.

One of the peasants was throwing the first shovelful of earth into the cavity.

And he bent forward and compelled her also to stoop over the cavity.

The subgleba broad, occupying about one-third of the cavity.

Suddenly, he poked his head down to the very bottom of this cavity.

Then fill up the cavity with marmalade, or with lemon and sugar.

All the interior of the net he made of fire, but the lesser weels and their cavity, of air.

Within the cavity lay a sword, with a golden hilt, and a pair of sandals.

Word Value for cavities
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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