CAVE Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈkāv

as in cavern

a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels

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verb

as in to submit

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Noun

Three speakers will teach the characteristics of karst, caves and springs, how underground water is related to surface water, how to protect both and more. —

Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 15 Oct. 2024 At a site now known as Barranco Gómez in eastern Spain, an artist depicted a sophisticated robbery using ocher on a cave wall. —

Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024

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Teeny eventually caved, losing her vote and giving all three an idol that had to be played together by all the people still in the game after the merge to save the same person. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024 Fox executives, unaccustomed to criticism of any kind, immediately caved to public pressure and decided to end 'The Simpsons' in 1990. —

Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cave

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