cavity

/ˈkæv.ə.ti/

意味: 虫歯、空洞

例文: Momo blamed Kai for her imaginary cavity.
　　  モモがカイに架空の虫歯の責任を押しつけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: tooth cavity(虫歯), body cavity(体腔), nasal cavity(鼻腔)

定義: 体の中や物の中にある空洞や穴のことを指します。特に、歯にできる虫歯の穴を指すことが多いです。

cavityは約200,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
Noun: space that is surrounded by something
Noun: soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
Noun: (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

Noun: they dug a pit to bury the body

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bodily cavity, caries, cavity, cavum, dental caries, enclosed space, pit, tooth decay

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): decay, hole, space, structure

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): alveolar bed, angle, apodeme, aster, ball, blade, bony labyrinth, bridge, bulb, burrow, calyculus, capsule, carina, cartilaginous structure, cauda, cavity, centromere, chiasma, cingulum, compartment, concha, cornu, corona, corruption, costa, crenel, cytoskeleton, decomposition, dilapidation, enclosure, expanse, filament, fold, fundus, funiculus, germ, gill arch, gill slit, glans, gopher hole, gyrus, head, hole, horny structure, infundibulum, interstice, kettle hole, lacrimal apparatus, landmark, layer, lens nucleus, limbus, membranous labyrinth, neural structure, nucleolus organizer, opening, pad, passage, peristome, pit, plate, pleural space, plexus, pocket, pothole, rabbit burrow, radicle, receptor, rib, root, rotator cuff, skeletal structure, spoilage, subarachnoid space, swath, syrinx, tooth, tube, uvea, valve, vascular structure, void, wormhole, zone

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): abdominal cavity, amniotic cavity, antrum, archenteron, armpit, barbecue pit, blastocoel, borrow pit, buccal cavity, bursa omentalis, cecum, celom, chamber, chest cavity, cloaca, cranial cavity, divot, eye socket, fire pit, hollow, laryngopharynx, locule, lumen, mediastinum, middle ear, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, pelvic cavity, pelvis, pericardial cavity, peritoneal cavity, pit, pleural cavity, pouch, pulp cavity, quicksand, sac, sandpit, sawpit, sinus, socket, tar pit, trou-de-loup, tubular cavity, uterine cavity, vacuole, ventricle, vestibule

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: carious

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ity

Exam Level

英検1級

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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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