concave
Concave describes an inward curve; its opposite, convex, describes a curve that bulges outward. They are used to describe gentle, subtle curves, like the kinds found in mirrors or lenses.
A valley is a concave curve, a mountain is a convex curve—you can remember this by thinking that things that vex you tend to stick out, and that caves tend to be holes that go in, like valleys or innie belly buttons. If you want to describe a bowl, you might say there is a large blue spot on the center of the concave side.
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curving inwardsynonyms:boat-shapedhaving a concave shape like a boatbowl-shapedhaving a concave shape with an open top like a bowlconcavo-convexconcave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexitycuplikeresembling the shape of a cupplanoconcaveflat on one side and concave on the otherrecessedresembling an alcovesaucer-shapedhaving a concave shape like a saucerumbilicatedepressed like a navelurn-shapedhaving a concave shape like an urnintrusivethrusting inwardantonyms:convexcurving or bulging outwardbell-shapedhaving a convex shape that resembles a bellconvexo-concaveconvex on one side and concave on the other with the convexity being greater than the concavityhelmet-shapedhaving the convex shape of a helmetplanoconvexflat on one side and convex on the otherprotrusivethrusting outward
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