| Main Entry: | dent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, scrape, chip |
Synonyms: |
cavity, con-cavity, crater, crenel, cut, dimple, dint, dip, embrasure, furrow, hollow, impression, incision, indentation, nick, notch, pit, scallop, score, scratch, sink, trough |
Antonyms: |
bulge |
| Main Entry: | dent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chip, scrape, depress |
Synonyms: |
dig, dimple, dint, furrow, gouge, hollow, imprint, indent, make concave, mark, nick, notch, perforate, pit, press in, push in, ridge, scratch |
Antonyms: |
bulge |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
Synonyms: |
beauty spot, birthmark, blackhead, blister, bloom*, blot, blot on the landscape, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, cicatrix, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, hickey, imperfection, impurity, lentigo, lump, macula, maculation, mark, mole, nevus, nodule, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, speckle, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, whitehead, zit |
Antonyms: |
adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament |
| Main Entry: | cavity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sunken or decayed area |
Synonyms: |
armpit, atrium, basin, bursa, caries, chamber, crater, decay, dent, depression, gap, hole, hollow, pit, pocket, sinus, socket, vacuity, void |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shard, flaw |
Synonyms: |
dent, flake, fragment, gobbet, nick, notch, paring, part, scrap, scratch, shaving, slice, sliver, wafer, wedge |
| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concavity, cavity |
Synonyms: |
basin, bowl, crater, dent, dimple, dip, excavation, hole, hollow, impression, indentation, pit, pocket, sag, scoop, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, vacuity, vacuum, valley, void |
Antonyms: |
bulge, convexity, protuberance |
| Main Entry: | dimple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indentation |
Synonyms: |
cleft, concavity, dent, depression, divot, hollow, pit |
| Main Entry: | hole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening in a solid object |
Synonyms: |
aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, fissure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided |
Antonyms: |
closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | empty out; make concave |
Synonyms: |
channel, chase, corrugate, dent, dig, dish, ditch, excavate, furrow, gorge, groove, indent, notch, pit, rabbet, remove, rut, scoop, shovel, trench |
Antonyms: |
fill, make convex, raise |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press down to make design |
Synonyms: |
carve, dent, emboss, engrave, etch, imprint, indent, inscribe, mark, print, stamp |
Antonyms: |
take apart |