as in aperture
a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing
the mouth is a bodily orifice
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Recent Examples of orifice
In fish, the cloaca is a single orifice that handles excretion (both urine and fecal material) as well as reproduction.
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John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Flies find a dead body very quickly and lay their eggs in a natural orifice, such as an eye, or in a wound.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
One spring, or manantial, is fed by groundwater that flows from a small orifice in the rock to create the larger pool.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
There’s a questionable orifice in the front of his forehead.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Flies find a dead body very quickly and lay their eggs in a natural orifice, such as an eye, or in a wound.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
One spring, or manantial, is fed by groundwater that flows from a small orifice in the rock to create the larger pool.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
There’s a questionable orifice in the front of his forehead.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orifice
Noun
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Turner wanted to dramatically widen the aperture of television news, envisioning shows about business, health, sports and other subject matter.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Aside from the visible aperture in the character, its symbolism similarly lies in its phonetics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The project calls for the company to drill as many as 18 holes down some 1,000 feet into the Earth to collect samples.—
Sarah Raza,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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Another early hole The Lightning outplayed the Canadiens for much of the first period but couldn’t score the opening goal.—
Eduardo A. Encina,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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“Orifice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orifice. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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