as in cave
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface a fantasy in which an intrepid band of adventurers enter a vast antre and discover a hidden world filled with monsters and wonders

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Noun
  • Usually, archaeologists make bombshell discoveries when a trowel hits a skull or other telltale bone in the confines of a cave.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Both returned to their old village, both rebuilt their lives, and both lived with the atrocity inside of them until death, retreating back into the caves and sleeping with a saw under their mattress, as if preparing for a resumption of hostilities at any moment.
    Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Paddle amidst the towering rock formations, the remnants of Virgin Gorda's volcanic past, to discover hidden caverns where waves and sand meet.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Hidden beneath Earth’s surface are caverns and pathways that hold the secrets of our planet’s very beginnings.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Butterfly Garden, for example, is set in a large conservatory designed as a tropical forest, with an 18-foot high grotto waterfall.
    Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Located in Ocho Rios on 35 oceanfront acres, the romantic resort offers its own mineral grotto and spring pool for rejuvenating dips.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Antre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antre. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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