Synonyms for cave

Grammar : Noun

Spell : keyv

Phonetic Transcription : keɪv

Définition of cave

Origin : early 13c., from Old French cave "a cave, vault, cellar" (12c.), from Latin cavea "hollow" (place), noun use of neuter plural of adjective cavus "hollow," from PIE root *keue- "a swelling, arch, cavity" (see cumulus). Replaced Old English eorðscrafu. First record of cave man is 1865.

noun hole in land formation

Example sentences :

He is silent and abstracted, like one just returned from the cave of Trophonius.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Quite often the cave gave way to the pressure of the surrounding rock.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

But he thrust his head into the cave, shivered, and congratulated himself.
Extract from : « The Man of Adamant » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

She then returned to the mouth of the cave, and knelt down at Richard Digby's feet.
Extract from : « The Man of Adamant » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Tse-tse talked to the girl, of all things, about the love-gift she had put in the cave for me.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

And it's just about ready to start for its very own cave in the canyon.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

And afterwards, here in the cave, I was like one asleep, and when I woke I did not really wake.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

In the cave he made her a second couch, and tended her assiduously.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

Then she added: "The cave where you tended her—where is it?"
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

He obeyed my orders—went into the cave to bring his associates to submission.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

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