Anfracture
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anfracture is a noun meaning A fissure or cavity that traces an irregular path.
Meaning
A fissure or cavity that traces an irregular path.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A mazy winding.
Example Sentences
At each anfracture, one could see climbing plants or palms, trees and lianas.
The sly machinations of the ocean had been defeated; the demons that dwell far down in the worm-eaten anfractures of the island caves were foiled .
To be noted also the presence of the Conus miles hidden in the madreporic anfractures of the intercotidal zone , and which remain dry for a few hours during the low tide .
The hair and mucus found in the multiplicity of anfractures which help to constitute the nasal anatomy purify the air, which comes more or less charged with fine particles of dust and other irritable matter
Word Forms
- anfractures
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include affriction, fray, effraction, acture, arrosion, breach.
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