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adjective

Definition of indentednext
as in concave
curved inward that indented area of the mountainside is prone to avalanches

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indented

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verb

past tense of indent
as in notched

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indented
  1. concave
  2. hollow
  3. carved
  4. sunken
  5. depressed
  6. chiseled
Adjective
  • The objects have handles attached to either a concave bowl or a flat disk, measuring 10 to 20 millimeters across.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Underneath are two concave rubber pads to grip the frame without the worry of scratching it up and are cinched down with mini TPU straps.
    Matt Beer, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022
Definition of concave
Adjective
  • There was also one loose nine-millimeter hollow point round.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • There’s a hollow separator in the center, which can be filled with water and frozen in order to keep two bottles cold on the go.
    Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of hollow
Verb
  • Earlier this year, researchers at the site discovered a bead carved from the bone of a hare—the oldest bead ever found in the Americas.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • All of the graves likely have stone markers at both the heads and feet, although they are not likely carved with names, Greene said.
    Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of carved
Adjective
  • The Chinese geophysicist, marine technologist, robot designer, and filmmaker challenged himself to locate the sunken vessel and resurface the tale of villainy and heroism behind it.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The era embraced brightly colored tile, sunken bathtubs, carpeted floors, and other accoutrements that were then the cutting edge of bathroom decorating.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of sunken
Adjective
  • The Swiss National Bank also cut rates by 50 basis points earlier in the session Thursday, exceeding expectations of a smaller trim amid an ongoing tussle with depressed inflation and a strong Swiss franc.
    Karen Gilchrist,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement Wandering in separately from the modernist monstrosity across the street are JD (Luke Wilson), a depressed out-of-work actor, and glittery, shallow Margo (Linda Cardellini), who will presently be identified as his wife.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of depressed
Verb
  • Are straight men just this chiseled now?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Despite a few full-ensemble numbers of varying effectiveness, Lloyd has chiseled what was once a behemoth into a chamber musical for four characters, ingeniously designed in atmospheric black and white, like the Wilder film, until murder bathes the stage in blood red.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of chiseled
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