concave
adjective
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Synonyms & Antonyms for concave
Synonyms: Adjective
dented, depressed, dished, hollow, indented, recessed, sunken
Antonyms: Adjective
bulging, cambered, convex, protruding, protrusive, protuberant
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Most important, the K380âs rounded, mildly concave keys are fast and comfortable, with ample but not too much space between them. — Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, "The Ars Holiday Gift Guide 2018âgood tech for the home and home office," 19 Nov. 2018 The interiors of both look great, with soft touch materials on nearly every surface, ambient lighting and attractive concave trim panels with unusual trim that looked like three-dimensional pieces of metal. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "2019 Volvo XC40 SUV has wireless phone charging, carryout bag hook," 23 May 2018 The Canaday brothers revolutionized snowboarding by combining the two traditional board shapesâconvex (better for hard, fast turns) and concave (better on powder)âinto one that's good at everything. — Michael Stilwell, Popular Mechanics, "Made in the USA: One Awesome Thing Built in Each State," 29 June 2017 Its concave east and west sides would be adorned with vertical fins. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "Tribune Tower plans would energize an old landmark, but don't yet create a new one," 18 Apr. 2018 The right side of his chest was ever so slightly concave, as if missing a bone or two. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "The Wolves," 2 Apr. 2018 Other cool factors: Walls painted white or clad in buff stone, clerestory windows in the rook-like fireplace tower, rounded Streamline Moderne-esque kitchen counters and a clean concave cut in a bathroom counter. — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, "Step into a swank 'Mad Men'-era conversation pit: A round midcentury modern landed in Eugene (photos)," 21 Mar. 2018 The concave façades channel the winds, creating microclimates in the courtyards to create more liveable spaces. — Fortune Staff, Fortune, "'Itâs a Celebration of Life.' Ole Scheeren on How Architecture Shapes the World," 6 Mar. 2018 That is a lot of nothingness: The painting, produced on a concave panel, is more than 6 feet tall. — Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, "Art Daybook: Roberto CortĂĄzar's painting as existential crisis," 21 Feb. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
To the victor went the spoils, including the World Professional Football Championship Trophy, a bauble featuring a regulation-size football in a kicking position set on a pyramid-like stand with three concave sides, all done up in sterling silver. — SI.com, "A History of Football in 100 Objects," 28 Aug. 2019 This lively woodland motif contrasts sharply with a plain, narrow concave channel and tightly curled ribbon pattern. — Dallas News, "The centuries-old story behind a new artistic match at the Kimbell Art Museum," 1 Aug. 2019 Like a concave mirror, American bureaucracy reflects American pathologies and causes them to converge. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "Inching Back toward the Rule of Law," 23 June 2019 The tips should be dangling, attached to the concave side of the shell. — Alex Delany, Bon AppĂ©tit, "Before You Eat or Cook Snap Peas, You've Got to Do This," 19 June 2019 Tulips: Spoon or pipe melted yellow candy melts into the concave side of a spoon. — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, "Mother's Day Cookie Bouquet," 6 May 2019 British engineers dreamed up a network of concrete blocks, each with a concave surface, deployed in the direction of approaching German aircraft. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The Huge Concrete âMirrorsâ That Helped the U.K. Predict Air Raids During World War I," 10 Jan. 2019 The concave façades channel the winds, creating microclimates in the courtyards to create more liveable spaces. — Fortune Staff, Fortune, "'Itâs a Celebration of Life.' Ole Scheeren on How Architecture Shapes the World," 6 Mar. 2018 The decades that followed brought funkier, ergonomically minded designs, like split-handed keyboards and devices with letters laid out on concave bowl-like depressions. — Laine Higgins, WSJ, "Look, Ma, One Hand: Typing Gets a Makeover," 7 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'concave.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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