Associations to the word «Orifice»

Wiktionary

ORIFICE, noun. A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as,

Dictionary definition

ORIFICE, noun. An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.