cavity walls
1Cavity wall — Cavity walls consist of two skins separated by a hollow space (cavity). The outer skin is commonly masonry. Masonry is an absorbent material, and therefor will slowly draw rainwater or even humidity into the wall. The cavity serves as a way to… …
2cavity wall — cavity walls N COUNT: oft N n A cavity wall is a wall that consists of two separate walls with a space between them. Cavity walls help to keep out noise and cold. [mainly BRIT] ...cavity wall insulation …
3cavity wall — noun a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them • Hypernyms: ↑wall * * * ˌcavity ˈwall [cavity wall cavity walls] noun a wall consisting of two walls with a space between them, designed to prevent heat from escaping …
4cavity wall — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cavity wall : singular cavity wall plural cavity walls British an outside wall of a building, built with two lines of bricks or stones with a space between them …
5cavity primer — a substance that enhances adaptation of resin filling materials to cavity walls by inducing wetting between the resinous material and the treated dentin and enamel surfaces …
6cavity block — /ˈkævəti blɒk/ (say kavuhtee blok) noun Building Trades a block used for cavity walls …
7cavity wall — cavity .wall n a wall consisting of two walls with a space between them to keep out cold and noise ▪ cavity wall insulation …
8cavity — 1. A hollow space; hole. See cave, c., cavitas, cavernous space. 2. Lay term for the loss of tooth structure due to dental caries. SYN: cavum [TA], cavitas. [L. cavus …
9cavity angles — the angles formed by the junction of two or more walls of a tooth cavity, named according to the walls participating in their formation. See accompanying table …
10cavity wall — the walls of a prepared cavity, named according to the surface of a tooth toward which they are placed, extracoronal walls being named after surfaces that have been reduced, and intracoronal ones after surfaces from which they derive …
