单词 | alveated |
释义 | alveatedadj. That has the characteristic shape or structure of a beehive, typically being honeycombed, channelled, or vaulted. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] > full of cavities > small cellulate?a1425 cavernous1597 alveated1623 honeycombed1633 favaginous1658 cellulated1693 vesiculated1703 cellulous1712 cellulara1728 cellulose1752 cavernulous1758 comby1773 alveolate1793 vesiculate1828 cavernulated1875 cellularized1942 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Alueated, trenched, chanelled. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Alveated, hollow like a hive, vaulted, or trenched. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Alveated, having a prismatic cellular structure, like a honey comb. 1873 Dental Cosmos 15 234 The true cysts arise both from normal and abnormal processes; either as a result of an exudated fluid..associated with an alveated stroma; or through the aid of coagulable elements. 1901 R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. I. 60 Alveated, having the general concave shape of a beehive; said of certain vaults or cupolas. 1994 J. Pereira Islamic Sacred Archit. iii. 249/1 In this variety,..squinches combine with stalactites to form an alveated dome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1623 |
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