A small natural cavity or depression in the cheek or other part of the face.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
2. A slight indentation on any surface.
To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.
The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.
Concavity Roget’s Thesaurus §252
N. concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de-sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge) 252a
V. be concave, retire, cave in, render concave, depress, hollow, scoop, scoop out, gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in
Adj. depressed, cellular, alveolate, spongy, calathiform, spongious, cup-shaped, honeycombed, dishing, alveolar, favaginous, sintered, faveolate, porous (opening) 260, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched, 252a sponge—n, sponge, honeycomb, network, frit, filter, sieve, net, screen (opening) 260
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