cave
noun /keɪv/
/keɪv/
- a large hole in the side of a hill or cliff or under the ground
enlarge image- the mouth (= the entrance) of the cave
- The area contains vast underground cave systems.
- a cave-dweller (= a person who lives in a cave)
- We took shelter in a dark cave.
- a collapsed limestone cave
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- large
- shallow
- …
- explore
- collapse
- ceiling
- entrance
- floor
- …
- in a/the cave
- the ceiling of a cave
- the floor of a cave
- the roof of a cave
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin cava, from cavus ‘hollow’ (compare with cavern). The usage cave in may be from the synonymous dialect expression calve in, influenced by obsolete cave ‘excavate, hollow out’.
