Definitions

alveolate

[al-vee-uh-lit, -leyt] / ælˈvi ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

ADJECTIVE

cavernous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gaping huge roomy spacious vast yawning

WEAK

broad chambered chasmal commodious concave curved inward deep deep-set echoing resonant reverberant sepulchral socketed sunken wide

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cramped little narrow small

WEAK

filled

ADJECTIVE

hollow

Synonyms

STRONG

arched cleft cupped curved depressed dimpled excavated indented notched pitted striated sunken vaulted void

WEAK

carved out cavernous concave cup-shaped deep-set incurved infundibular not solid troughlike unfilled vacant

Antonyms

WEAK

convex earnest frank full genuine high honest light meaningful raised real sincere soft solid substantial truthful

ADJECTIVE

honeylike

Synonyms

WEAK

faveolate melliferous nectariferous nectarous

Example Sentences

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The hymenium is alveolate, radiating, formed of the densely irregularly uniting gills; elongated, diamond-shaped.

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