cave - English word #838

Translation

A large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground.

Word origin

From Old French cave, from Latin cava, meaning a hollow place.

Gender

Pluralcaves

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"Cave" is a large hole in a hill or under the ground.

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"Caves" is the plural, meaning more than one cave.

drawings .

Here "cave" is the hollow space in the rock.

hill

A raised part of the ground, higher than the land around it but smaller than a mountain.

rock

The hard, solid material that mountains are made of, or a large piece of it.

earth

The planet where we live, or the ground and soil under our feet.

dark

With little or no light.

deep

Going a long way down from the top, or a long way in from the front.

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