INDENTURE Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

indenture

noun

in-ˈden-chər

Definition of indenture

as in hole

a sunken area forming a separate space the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor

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as in chip

a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface made a small indenture to mark the spot where the plank was to be sawed

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Recent Examples of indenture The vibrant and evocative painting foregrounding the Caribbean landscape, its inhabitants, and its histories of slavery and indenture, has been in MoMA’s collection since 1945. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026 Sovereign credit ratings express the likelihood that sovereign borrowers will repay borrowed money on time and in full based on the terms of the indenture. — Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Unlike the definition of indenture servitude, in which someone works for a single employer without pay, visa holders may change employers and are paid. — David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024 In a little over a year, my three-decade indenture as a full-time laundress will come to an end. — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for indenture

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Noun

His unit had shown holes in the secondary, ranking 131st in the country in pass defense.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Joe Jackson ran for 159 yards and a touchdown, Avery Johnson threw for 203 yards and another score, and the Wildcats overcame a multitude of mistakes while rallying from an early 10-point hole to keep nearly two decades of dominance going.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of hole

Noun

Not far from my home on the western shore of Lake Champlain lies the ore bed that in 1875 produced 10 percent of America’s iron ore; the #21 pit, once storied, stretches two hundred feet wide and three hundred feet deep.

— Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
For the friend with a fireplace These all-natural firestarters are a chic alternative to the typical firestarter logs, and would make an excellent host gift for the friend who’s lucky enough to have a fireplace or outdoor fire pit.

— Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pit

Noun

Another fun detail can be found on the vamp, which has the same series of dots signature to the sneaker but rendered merely as indents rather than full perforations — less the Gore-Tex membrane be compromised.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
This one -- as hundreds of users on TikTok and Instagram have shown in the last week -- starts with half of a watermelon that's been scooped to create a bowl-like indent and frozen overnight.

— Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of indent

Noun

Their furrows reminded me of Rembrandt’s paintings of old men, brows carved deep by hard use and long years.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of furrow

Noun

The idea all started because of the fact that C8 Corvettes all have an open cavity up front between the wheels where an electric motor can mount.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026
The individual who inflicted the fatal injury drove the spear downward through the victim’s left chest cavity from the front, piercing major arteries and the lungs before creating the hole in the left scapula.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of cavity

Noun

Instead of assessing the particle only as a whole, researchers used instrumented indentation to examine the response of its individual coating layers.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
One way to tell 164 apart from the other bears in the area is the dark vertical indentation on his upper muzzle (or snout).

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026

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