What is another word for orifices?

Pronunciation: [ˈɒɹɪfɪsɪz] (IPA)

Orifices refer to openings or passages in the body through which substances can enter or leave. Synonyms for this word include apertures, cavities, ducts, portals, and passages. Apertures can be used particularly for separating spaces, while cavities can have a hollow connotation. Ducts are especially related to vessels or pipes that transport fluids or gases, while portals can represent gateways or entrances. Passages can refer to more narrow channels or corridors, whereas orifices can have a broader or more general meaning. Overall, these synonyms all have a similar emphasis on an opening or entrance that allows for movement or exchange.

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Usage examples for Orifices

Every day we shall transport enormous blocks of it in order to keep the orifices of the crypts free from obstruction, and to supply the public fountains.
"Underground Man"
Gabriel Tarde
A deafening noise issues from the self-building architecture of ruddy pillars, the bubbling of boiling mud, and the shrill spouting of hot vapours from narrow orifices in the trembling crust of the fire-charged earth.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
But a countenance which otherwise might have been humorous, in this case was rendered singularly repulsive by the fact that his nose had been broken so flat to his face that all that remained to distinguish that feature were two circular orifices where the nostrils should have been.
"Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates"
Howard I. Pyle

Famous quotes with Orifices

  • But the reality is in this head. Mine. I’m the projector at the planetarium, all the closed little universe visible in the circle of that stage is coming out of my mouth, eyes, sometimes other orifices also.
    Thomas Pynchon

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