indentation
/ɪndɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n
/noun
1 [mass noun] The action of indenting or the state of being indented: paragraphs are marked off by indentation [count noun]: an indentation for each change of speaker...
- The First Folio edition indicates text to be sung through indentation and italic typeface, though apparently not with absolute consistency.
- Use curly brackets and indentation to keep track of what you have assumed.
- The page is manipulated as a visual space to the extent most word processors allow, with varied patterns of indentation and spacing.
2A deep recess or notch on the edge or surface of something: coastal indentations...
- Where the craft landed were scorch marks and the deep indentations in the ground showed it was a heavy, sizeable besigheid.
- To this day, one can stretch one's fingers and thumb to fit the indentations on its smooth surface.
- Apart from a few small cuts and a deep indentation in the skin where it was pressed against the floorboard, I was fine.
Synonyms
hollow, depression, dent, dint, cavity, concavity, dip, pit, trough, crater;
dimple;
cleft, slot, snick, notch;
nick, mark, cut, gouge, gash;
recess, alcove, niche, bay;
inlet, cove, creek, fjord, firth, ria;
Anatomy fossa, lacuna
- come out of the woodwork
- come out with
- come over
- comer
- (come) rain or shine
- come right
- come round
- come running
- COMESA
- come short
- come shot
- comess
- comestible
- comet
- cometary
- come the raw prawn
- come the ——
- come through
- come to
- come to a bad end
- come to a head
- come to a sticky end
- come to blows
- come to grief
- come to naught