cavity

«cavity» in Mova's school dictionary: a hollow space inside something solid — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a cavity, cavities)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cavity is a hollow space inside something solid. tree →

2) A cavity is a small hole in a tooth caused by decay. tree →

3) A body cavity is a space inside the body, such as the chest or the mouth. tree →

sense in the lessons

At the dentist a cavity is a hole in your tooth that needs a filling; eating lots of sugar and not brushing can cause cavities. In science, a cavity is any hollow, like the space inside a wall, a rock or the body (the chest cavity holds the heart and lungs). Phrases: «have a cavity», «fill a cavity», «cavity wall», «nasal cavity».

examples

• The dentist found a cavity in my back tooth. tree →
• Brushing twice a day helps stop cavities. tree →
• Sweets and fizzy drinks can cause cavities. tree →
• The heart and lungs sit in the chest cavity. tree →
• The house has cavity walls filled with insulation. tree →
• Water had worn a cavity in the rock. tree →
• A bird nested in a cavity in the old tree. tree →
• No cavities this time — well done! tree →
• Within the cavity lay a sword, with a golden hilt, and a pair of sandals. tree →

note

Countable: one cavity, two cavities (y changes to ies). Stress: CAV-i-ty. A cavity in a tooth does not heal by itself; a dentist fills it. «Cavity» is a more formal word for «hole» or «hollow».

In the corpora

• Bacteria in plaque feed on sugar and make acid, which dissolves enamel and causes tooth decay, a hole called a cavity.
• But germs in the mouth eat sugar left on the teeth and make acid, and the acid makes holes called cavities.
• A hole in a tooth caused by decay is called a cavity.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cavity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.