CAVITY WALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cavity wall mean? 

• CAVITY WALL (noun)
  The noun CAVITY WALL has 1 sense:

1. a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them

  Familiarity information: CAVITY WALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAVITY WALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cavity wall" is a kind of...):

wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)

 Context examples 

The cavity wall is lined with keratinocytes.

(Pilar Sheath Acanthoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The astronomers have also shown that phosphorus monoxide is the most abundant phosphorus-bearing molecule in the cavity walls.

(Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks, ESO)

Molecules containing phosphorus form on the cavity walls, through the combined action of shocks and radiation from the infant star.

(Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks, ESO)

If the cavity walls collapse to form a star, particularly a less-massive one like the Sun, phosphorus monoxide can freeze out and get trapped in the icy dust grains that remain around the new star.

(Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks, ESO)