Bible Dictionaries
Concave

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Hollow; void of contents.

(2):

(v. t.) To make hollow or concave.

(3):

(n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

(4):

(n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

(5):

(a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; - said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Concave'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/concave.html. 1828.