The opening for filling or emptying a container of any kind (esp. a bag, sack, or bottle).
| 单词 | θ102362 |
| 释义 | the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > mouth or orifice (12) mouthOE The opening for filling or emptying a container of any kind (esp. a bag, sack, or bottle). orifice?a1425 An opening or aperture, esp. one forming the communication between a cavity or hollow organ and the surface of an animal or plant body. Cf. mouth, n.… gull1545 transferred. A ‘mouth’, an orifice. chops1589 plural. The jaws and intervening space, the cavity of the mouth, fauces, parts about the mouth; = chap, n.2 2 (This is the more usual form in… orifex1590 = orifice, n. mouthpiece1683 Something forming an aperture. maw1818 In extended use. Subcategories:— sides of (1) — types of (2) — of anything having capacity (1) — of a tube, passage, etc. (1) |
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