concave
concave is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hollow; void of contents. [R.] As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. Shak.
- 2.A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess. Up to the fiery concave towering hight. Milton.
- 3.(Mech.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.
- 4.To make hollow or concave.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adown
- basement
- below
- beneath
- bilge
- cellar
- crouch
- crouched
- debased
- debasement
- depress
- depression
- down
- downwards
- ebb
- feet
- flat
- floor
- foot
- ground
- grovel
- hold
- horizontal
- level
- lie
- low
- lower
- lowness
- lying
- molehill
- most
- neap
- nether
- par
- prostrate
- prostration
- slouch
- spring
- squat
- subjacent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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