Orifice Definition

ôrə-fĭs, ŏr-
orifices
noun
orifices
A mouth or aperture of a tube, cavity, etc.; opening.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Orifice

Noun

Singular:
orifice
Plural:
orifices

Origin of Orifice

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin ōrificium Latin ōs ōr- mouth ōs- in Indo-European roots Latin -ficium a making, doing (from facere to make dhē- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin orificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth"), compound of os (“mouth") + facere (“to make")

    From Wiktionary

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