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Meanings of
concave
in English
Portuguese
côncavo
Catalan
concau
Spanish
cóncavo
Back to the meaning
Curving inward.
convex
Related terms
depressed
intrusive
dished
recessed
indented
acetabular
cuplike
biconcave
urn-shaped
boat-shaped
Portuguese
côncavo
Usage of
concave
in English
1
The
concave
surface of the case often contains a matching celestial globe.
2
The base is in triangular form, with
concave
sides and rounded corners.
3
And, of course, there is more to freedom than soft,
concave
mattresses.
4
He wore his new backpack, whose
concave
shape betrayed the ball's absence.
5
It was about a foot in diameter, and
concave
on one side.
6
The vast
concave
of sky above was of violet, infinite and flawless.
7
Embroidered hats with enormous and
concave
brims bobbed up and down everywhere.
8
Though the man chooses a
concave
glass he is not really myopic.
9
The body is cachetic, with temporal wasting, prominent bone protrusions,
concave
abdomen.
10
The roof was groined and
concave
,
and still gay with tarnished gold.
11
One more day of this, and my stomach would officially be
concave
.
12
There are only three kinds, as Bertillon calls them-convex ,straight
,
and
concave
.
13
The dish stopped turning, its
concave
face steady on Caird's convex face.
14
Our method uses an array of
plano
-
concave
glass wells containing standard agar media.
15
The entire French fire was concentrated upon the
concave
red lines.
16
Out of the
concave
depths of the shields whipped lashes of blinding flame.
Other examples for "concave"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
concave
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
concave surface
slightly concave
concave side
concave mirror
concave shape
More collocations
Translations for
concave
Portuguese
côncavo
oco
Catalan
concau
Spanish
cóncavo
Concave
through the time
Concave
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common