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noun a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
noun space that is surrounded by something
noun soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
originFrom Middle French cavité or Late Latin cavitās, from cav(i) (“hollow, excavated, concave”) + -tās (“-ity”, nominal suffix). First attested in the Mid-16th c.
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