ORIFICE definition: an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent. See examples of orifice used in a sentence.
An opening, especially to a cavity or passage of the body; a mouth or vent. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium : Latin ōs, ōr-, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficium, a making, doing (from facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).]
Definition of orifice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun orifice (plural orifices) A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening. the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound; the vagina and other orifices
An orifice is an opening or hole, especially one in the body such as a nostril or the opening of a blood vessel. It can also refer to any opening or aperture in various scientific and engineering contexts, for instance, a small aperture in a plate, pipe, or tube through which fluid or air passes.
