Thesaurus: orifice
A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.
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Definitions
- n. A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.
- n. an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak. Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. Addison.
- A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as,the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak.Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. Addison.
- n:100 n. an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity