English > concave shape: 1 sense > noun 1, shape| Meaning | A shape that curves or bends inward. |
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| Synonyms | concavity, incurvation, incurvature |
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| Narrower | bowl, trough | A concave shape with an open top |
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| cup | Any cup-shaped concavity |
| depression, impression, imprint | A concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
| dome | A concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward |
| indentation, indenture | A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) |
| pit, fossa | A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) |
| recess, recession, niche, corner | A small concavity |
| scoop, pocket | A hollow concave shape made by removing something |
| Broader | solid | A three-dimensional shape |
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| Spanish | concavidad |
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| Catalan | concavitat |
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