Concave
/ˈkɒŋkeɪv/
Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:18 pts7 letters
Definition of Concave
noun
- A concave surface or curve.
- The vault of the sky.
- One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
"Aristotle makes [Fire] to move to the concave of the Moon. - Thomas Salusbury (1661)."
- An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
- An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
adjective
- Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl
- (of a polygon) not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
- (of a real-valued function on the reals) satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
- Hollow; empty
Anagrams of Concave
Related Word Patterns
Synonyms & Antonyms
ANTONYMS
Letter Values
c3
o1
n1
c3
a1
v4
e1
Total: 14 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Concave
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Concave"
Concave is a 7-letter word that scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Concave" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "concave" is a medium-scoring word.