Orifice
['ɒrɪfɪs] or ['ɔrɪfɪs]
Definition
(noun.) an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; 'the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart'.
Editor: Milton--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Lorna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hole, aperture, perforation, pore.
Typist: Oliver
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Aperture, perforation, mouth, opening, hole, bung, bunghole
ANT:Obstruction, stopper, plug, imperforation
Typist: Ludwig
Definition
n. something made like a mouth or opening.
Inputed by Edna
Examples
- Below this repulsive orifice the face was quite blank to the chin, for the thing had no mouth that I could discover. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This pump is fixed on an axis, to which rapid rotary motion can be given; and it is fitted into a case connected with the pipe that conveys the water to the discharging orifice. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It is quite probable that, in its earliest form it consisted of a vessel containing water, which was allowed to escape through a small orifice. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The _Megaphone_ of Edison appeared, consisting of two large funnels having elastic conducting tubes from their apices to the aural orifice. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These cylinders move over stationary pistons which have orifices that allow the liquid to pass from one side of the piston to the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Edited by Gillian