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🩺 Relating to a cavity ⛰️ Cave-like
antral

antral

9.9
Like a cave, having deep hollow spaces often in rocks
  • adjective
  • /ˈæntrəl/
  • Archaic
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  • Her voice echoed through the antral halls of the ancient castle.

Examples

  • The artist painted an antral landscape filled with mysterious shadows and winding tunnels.

  • The antral cave was filled with ancient drawings.

  • The explorer was drawn to the antral passages hidden beneath the mountain.

  • In the story, the hero ventured into an antral abyss.

  • The explorer was drawn to the antral passages hidden beneath the mountain.

  • Her voice echoed through the antral halls of the ancient castle.

  • The artist painted an antral landscape filled with eerie light and shadowy depths.

Synonyms

cavernous
vsantral
17 7.0

Large and hollow like a dark cave

is used mainly in literary or archaic language and does not stress great size
cavelike
vsantral
1 4.3

Having a dark, hollow, cool space like a cave

is used mainly in literary or archaic language rather than everyday speech

Surface Forms

antral positive

Morphology

antral = antrum (transparent) = antrum + al

The cave-like sense follows the literal meaning of 'antrum' as a cave or cavity, so the adjective is straightforwardly derived with '-al'.

Etymology

Antral comes from the old word antrum, which meant 'cave' or 'hollow'. So in writing and speech antral means 'cave-like' and is used for places or passages that feel like a small cave.