cavelike
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- adjective
- /ˈkeɪvˌlaɪk/
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cavernoso
- The personal relevance of this Pieta, an image of Christ's mother holding her dead son at the opening of a cavelike tomb, to Van Gogh's situation at the asylum seems clear.
Examples
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The tattered mob wandered reluctantly through the archway into a cavelike narthex.
Fiction book (1992) -
"The deep voice echoed in the cavelike surroundings.
Fiction book (1997) -
The musty, cavelike odor was also gone.
Fiction book (1992) -
A cavelike atmosphere.
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Now I stood with a crowd before a cavelike altar illuminated by eerie red bulbs.
Academic text (2012) -
The radiator exhaled its familiar little winter sigh, and over bed, books, and desk, the green lamp threw out a cavelike velvet halo.
Fiction book (1997) -
He loves the ponderous feel of the soundproof studio doors, the special, cavelike smell of the recording chamber, the businesslike atmosphere of the control room, the cacophony of the record library in which everyone sits in his own corner listening to the music of his choice, the clocks that rule, inexorable, from the walls.
Fiction book (1993) -
The musty, dimly lit storage room had a cavelike quality that made it feel hidden and secluded.
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In the cavelike chamber, the sound of dripping water echoed eerily against the stone walls.
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As she entered the cavelike space, she felt a sudden chill and the comforting darkness wrapped around her.
Synonyms
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Large and hollow like a dark cave
Like a cave, having deep hollow spaces often in rocks
Having the look and feel of a small cave with rock walls and dim light
How Cave-like
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cavelike joins the familiar word cave, a root that means 'hollow' and appears in cavity, with the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. So, cavelike means 'similar to a cave' — dark, hollow, or spacious, which is why we use it for places or atmospheres that feel like a cave.