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incavated

incavated adjective: hollowed, bent round or in, or concave.

Adjective

incavated (comparative more incavated, superlative most incavated)

  1. (archaic) hollowed, bent round or in, or concave
    • incavated chapel
    • incavated occiput

Forms of incavated

comparativemore incavated
superlativemost incavated

Origin of incavated

From Latin incavatus, past participle of incavare (“to make hollow”), from in- (“in”) + cavare (“to hollow out”), from cavus (“hollow”).

Questions about incavated

What does incavated mean?
Incavated means hollowed, bent round or in, or concave.
What part of speech is incavated?
Incavated is an adjective.

Words near incavated in the dictionary

  1. incaution
  2. incautions
  3. incautious
  4. incautiously
  5. incautiousness
  6. incavated
  7. incavation
  8. incavations
  9. incave
  10. incaved
  11. incaverned

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