incavated

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin incavatus, past participle of incavare (to make hollow), from in- (in) + cavare (to hollow out), from cavus (hollow).

Adjective

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incavated (comparative more incavated, superlative most incavated)

  1. hollowed; bent round or in.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for incavated”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)