Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues
01“Dark rock opening”4 letters
02“Deep hollow in stone”4 letters
03“Natural hollow in rock”4 letters
04“Natural opening in rock”4 letters
05“Natural rock chamber”4 letters
06“Natural underground room”4 letters
07“Natural underground space”4 letters
08“Place with stalactites”4 letters
09“Rock hollow”4 letters
10“Rocky hollow underground”4 letters
11“Underground natural room”4 letters
12“Underground chamber”4 letters
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