rima oris

1. 1.

   the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

   “he stuffed his mouth with candy”

   Synonymsmouthoral cavityoral fissure

   Broaderrima

   Narrowertrap

   Part ofmouth

   Partsdentitiontonguebuccal cavitygingivapalatesalivary gland

Questions about rima oris

What does rima oris mean?

rima oris means "the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge".

What is another word for rima oris?

Close synonyms include mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure. 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 rima oris a common word?

rima oris is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.