Definitions for fossettes

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fossettes fos·sette

Spelling: [fo-set, faw-]

IPA: /fɒˈsɛt, fɔ-/

Fossettes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in fossettes (eefossstt).

Definitions for fossettes

noun

1. a small hollow or depression, as in a bivalve shell; dimple.
2. Pathology. a small, deep corneal ulcer.

Origin of fossettes

1840-50; French: dimple, small cavity. See fosse, -ette

Examples for fossettes

However, the fossette itself is shallow and soon disappears with slight wear.

There is occasionally a saucer-shaped plate or platform just under the cardinal teeth and within the shell, called the fossette.