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Word entry · 4 letters

cave

Best crossword clue

"Dark rock opening"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /keɪv/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acevStarts with CEnds with E12 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. explore natural caves

Word origin

From Middle English cave, borrowed from Old French cave, from Latin cava (“cavity”), from cavus (“hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian B kor (“throat”), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, barren, zero”). Displaced native Old English sċræf. More at cavum, cavus and cage.

Used in a sentence

  • We found a cave on the mountainside where we could take shelter.
  • Every boy at one time or another has dug a cave; I suppose because ages and ages ago his ancestors had to live in caves, […]
  • This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years.

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Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Dark rock opening4 letters
02Deep hollow in stone4 letters
03Natural hollow in rock4 letters
04Natural opening in rock4 letters
05Natural rock chamber4 letters
06Natural underground room4 letters
07Natural underground space4 letters
08Place with stalactites4 letters

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