cave

Examples

• All

• They walk underground in a cave for hours and hours and hours.

  cari can read

• That cave there, along the edge of the mountain.

  Milarepa (2025)

• So this whole cave was formed by water.

• Imagine walking into a dark cave slowly, step by step.

  DoctorRamani

• Far to the north, a young god sleeps in that cave.

  Spartacus (1960)

• Then she soared straight up and out of the cave into the night sky.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The living space was under the hill, in a cave that yawned a good five yards deep.

  Fiction book (1990)

• In hot, dry environments, leopards use caves to escape high daytime temperatures and to reduce water loss.

  Academic text (2011)

• Around them, the snow walls of the ice cave gleamed orange in the firelight.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The explorer discovered a large cave hidden behind a waterfall.

Synonyms

C

cavern

vscave

73 4.3

A very large dark cave or enclosed space

is the natural large underground chamber rather than a metaphorical space

G

grotto

vscave

16 7.2

A small pretty cave often found by the sea or in a garden

is usually a large natural chamber not small or ornamental

C

cove

vscave

5 4.7

A small hollow or cave in the side of a cliff

is a large underground chamber with an opening rather than a tiny cliff space

A

antra

vscave

• Archaic

9.9

A natural cave in rock that forms an underground chamber

is specifically a large underground chamber with an opening to the surface

Compounds

C

cave-in

9 7.1

A sudden collapse of the ground or a building into the space below

M

man cave

8 5.1

A room in a home where a man relaxes and enjoys hobbies

C

cave dweller

1 6.0

A person or animal that lives in a cave, often in ancient times

C

cave man

1 4.3

A very early person who lived in caves long ago

C

cave woman

1 6.7

A woman from long ago who lived in caves and used simple tools

C

cave bat

8.6

A small dull yellow-brown flying animal with large ears that lives in caves

C

cave dweller

7.4

A person who lives alone and avoids meeting other people

C

cave myotis

• Specialized

9.9

A small bat with large ears that lives in caves in the southwestern United States and Mexico

C

Cave of Adullam

• Literature

9.9

A safe place where people who are sad or in trouble meet and find support

F

Fingal's Cave

9.3

A large sea cave on the island of Staffa in Scotland with tall dark rock columns and strong echoes

M

Mammoth Cave National Park

3.6

A national park in Kentucky with a very large cave system and an underground river

W

Wind Cave National Park

5.2

A national park in South Dakota with limestone caves and bison herds

How Big

cavern

73 4.3

cave

716 1.0

cavity

• Specialized

70 4.1

grotto

16 7.2

Surface Forms

Etymology