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orifice - 10 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | orifice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, cavity, crack, hole, mouth, outlet, slit, spout, vent, window |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
| Synonyms: | breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent, perforation, pinhole |
| Main Entry: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void, clove, discontinuity, interspace |
| Antonyms: | closure |
| Main Entry: | jaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bones of chin |
| Synonyms: | bone, jowl, mouth, muzzle*, orifice, chops, mandible, maxilla |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small aperture in skin |
| Synonyms: | opening, orifice, outlet, vesicle, foramen, stoma, sweat gland |
| Main Entry: | vent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outlet |
| Synonyms: | aperture, avenue, chimney, drain, duct, exit, flue, hole, opening, orifice, pipe, split, spout, ventilator |
| Antonyms: | closure, door |
| 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, fissure, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window, eyelet, foramen, keyhole, perforation |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided |
| Antonyms: | closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | mouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, beak, box, cavity, clam, crevice, door, entrance, estuary, funnel, gate, harbor, inlet, mush*, orifice, portal, rim, trap*, yap*, chops, delta, embouchement, firth, fly trap, gills, gob, jaws, kisser, lips |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, hole |
| Synonyms: | aperture, breach, break, cavity, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, door, fissure, hatch, interstice, mouth, orifice, outlet, recess, rent, rift, rupture, scuttle, slit, slot, space, split, spout, tear, vent, window, discontinuity, perforation |
| Antonyms: | closure, solid, closing |
| Main Entry: | outlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place or means of escape, release |
| Synonyms: | aperture, avenue, break, channel, crack, duct, egress, escape, exit, hole, nozzle, opening, orifice, release, safety valve, spout, tear, vent, way out, porthole |
| Antonyms: | egress, entrance |
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