concaves

noun

plural of concave
as in cavities

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  1. cavities
  2. hollows
  3. pits
  4. depressions
  5. indentations
  6. dents
  7. wells
  8. valleys
Noun
  • But skipping the rinse may help fluoride stay on your teeth longer, giving your toothpaste more time to protect your enamel and lower your risk of cavities.
    — MD Published, Verywell Health, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Leaning that increases year after year, mushrooms or fungal corks growing at the base of your tree, soft soil around the trunk, and bark damage or cavities at the base can all be symptoms of root damage.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of cavities
Noun
  • These snakes lay 4–15 eggs in tree hollows, which hatch in about 45 days.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Aging often creates hollows around the eyes, temples and cheeks.
    — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
Definition of hollows
Noun
  • The longtime festival favorite pits chefs against one another for both Judges' Choice and People's Choice honors.
    — Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For dessert, the move is to head outdoors for s'mores by the fire pits, which are some of the best seats in the house.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of pits
Noun
  • Look for oval depressions in sunny patches of sand where grouse took dust baths.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • When possible, make turns on hard surfaces such as driveway, patios, and sidewalks to avoid tearing the grass and creating depressions.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
Definition of depressions
Noun
  • Like the experimental teeth, the ones from Neanderthal archaeological sites had the same overlapping small fractures, shallow indentations, and shallow scratches.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
  • Overnight, indentations in the tarmac had been filled with sand, to ease the passing of the royal carriages.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Definition of indentations
Noun
  • There was a closet full of phones people had thrown at the wall and dents in the drywall nobody ever explained.
    — Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Bruce’s densified dogwood flooring uses a natural hardening process with heat and pressure to improve resistance to dents and everyday wear.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dents
Noun
  • Most of those wells weren’t necessarily constructed poorly; they were funded poorly.
    — Sarah Evans, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Water that isn’t trapped in dams or pulled from wells or rivers eventually reaches the Pacific Ocean.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of wells
Noun
  • The historic hilltop Fortress of San Leo affords visitors panoramic views of the valleys below.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Players can peer over the sculpture’s steep cliffs and drop down into its cavernous valleys at their leisure, without the time and cost constraints of visiting the actual sculpture in person.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of valleys
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