'Concave' definitions:
Definition of 'Concave'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Concave'
From: GCIDE
- Concave \Con"cave\ (k[o^][ng]*k[=a]*v" or k[o^]n"-; 277), a. [L. concavus; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave. See Cave a hollow.]
- 1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hollow; void of contents. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Concave'
From: GCIDE
- Concave \Con"cave\, n. [L. concavum.]
- 1. A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess. [1913 Webster]
- Up to the fiery concave towering hight. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mech.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'concave'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arched,
- arciform,
- arclike,
- arcual,
- bandy,
- boat-shaped,
- boatlike,
- bowed,
- bowl-shaped,
- bowlike,
- bowllike,
- cavelike,
- cavernous,
- concaved,
- convex,
- craterlike,
- cup-shaped,
- cupped,
- cymbiform,
- dish-shaped,
- dished,
- dishing,
- dishlike,
- embowed,
- funnel-breasted,
- funnel-chested,
- funnel-shaped,
- gibbose,
- gibbous,
- hollow,
- hollowed,
- humpbacked,
- humped,
- humpy,
- hunched,
- hunchy,
- incurved,
- incurving,
- incurvous,
- infundibular,
- infundibuliform,
- navicular,
- naviform,
- oxbow,
- retiring,
- retreating,
- saucer-shaped,
- scaphoid,
- scyphate,
- spoonlike,
- sunk,
- sunken,
- vaulted