oral cavity

1. 1.

   the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

   “he stuffed his mouth with candy”

   Synonymsmouthoral fissurerima oris

   Broaderrima

   Narrowertrap

   Part ofmouth

   Partsdentitiontonguebuccal cavitygingivapalatesalivary gland

Questions about oral cavity

What does oral cavity mean?

oral cavity means "the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge".

What is another word for oral cavity?

Close synonyms include mouth, oral fissure, rima oris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oral cavity a common word?

oral cavity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.