orificenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɒr.ɪ.fɪs/us/ˈɔːr.ə.fɪs/an opening or hole, especially one in the body, such as the mouth:
humorous I was stuffing cake into every available orifice.
formal The driver was bleeding from every orifice.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Holes, hollows and dips
- aperture
- cleft
- cranny
- dent
- depression
- dimple
- dint
- dip
- donga
- eyehole
- intake
- perforation
- pinhole
- pit
- porosity
- porous
- puncture
- riddled
- tear 1
- wormhole
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