English > concave: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | curving inward. |
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| Narrower | acetabular, cotyloid, cotyloidal | Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone |
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| biconcave, concavo-concave | concave on both sides |
| boat-shaped | Having a concave shape like a boat |
| bowl-shaped | Having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl |
| bursiform, pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclike | shaped like a pouch |
| concavo-convex | concave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexity |
| cuplike | resembling the shape of a cup |
| cupular, cupulate | shaped like (or supporting) a cupule |
| dished, dish-shaped, patelliform | shaped like a dish or pan |
| planoconcave | Flat on one side and concave on the other |
| recessed | resembling an alcove |
| saucer-shaped | Having a concave shape like a saucer |
| umbilicate | depressed like a navel |
| urn-shaped | Having a concave shape like an urn |
| See also | intrusive | thrusting inward |
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| Opposite | convex, bulging | curving or bulging outward |
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| Spanish | cóncavo |
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| Catalan | concau, còncau |
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| Nouns | concavity, concaveness | the property possessed by a concave shape |
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| concavity | a shape that curves or bends inward |
| Adverbs | concavely | in a concave way |
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