orifice
UK/ˈɒɹɪfɪs//ˈɔɹəfɪs/
orifice noun: a mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
Noun
orifice (plural orifices)
- A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
- the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound; he entered the cave's gaping orifice
- As none of the ovicells were observed to be closed by the operculum, presumably because they were empty and the opercula were resting on the primary orifice rim, the ovicell closure type is subcleithral rather than cleithral [51 ], at least in some species of the genus.2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- One of the natural external openings of the human or animal body.
- the vagina and other orifices
- The maw-worm could emerge unexpectedly from any orifice, including, most alarmingly, the corner of people's eyes.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 121
- A stupid or objectionable person.
- “Peanuts aren't nuts, you orifice. They're legumes.”2016, Niels Saunders, Mervyn Vs. Dennis
orifice meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
orifice in Tamil
- புழைவாய், வெளிவாயில், தொளை, நுண்துளை, துவாரம், துளை
orifice in Urdu
- دہانہ, منہ
orifice in Bengali
- মুখ, ছিদ্র, খোলা পথ
orifice in Telugu
- an orifice
- కూపము kūpamu
More languagesFewer languages
- orifice in Malayalam
- രന്ധ്രം randhraṁ
- orifice in Kannada
- ಕಂಡಿ, ತೂತು, ಸಂದು, ರಂಧ್ರ
- orifice in Tagalog
- bukasan
- orifice in Malay
- mulut
- orifice in Indonesian
- mulut
Examples of orifice in a sentence
- The plug in the orifice of the tube was temporarily removed and the mirror carefully cleaned.1892, Royal Astronomical Society, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, volumes 50-51, Blackwell Scientific, page 162:
- For example, cultures that scorn open orifices of all kinds despise uninfibulated female genitals too[…]2004, Diana T. Meyers, Being Yourself: Essays on Identity, Action, and Social Life, page 86:
Forms of orifice
| plural | orifices |
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Origin of orifice
From Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), compound of ōs (“mouth”) + faciō (“to make”).
Words formed from orifice
Questions about orifice
- What does orifice mean?
- Orifice means a mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
- What is orifice in Tamil?
- Orifice in Tamil is புழைவாய், வெளிவாயில், தொளை. See Orifice meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use orifice in a sentence?
- The plug in the orifice of the tube was temporarily removed and the mirror carefully cleaned.
- What part of speech is orifice?
- Orifice is a noun.
- How do you pronounce orifice?
- Orifice is pronounced /ˈɒɹɪfɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of orifice?
- The plural of orifice is orifices.
Words near orifice in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: orifice (page history and authors); orifice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); orifice (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); orifice (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కూపము (Telugu) (page history and authors); orifice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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