📖 cave

noun1 sense

1. a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

verb2 senses

1. explore natural caves
2. hollow out as if making a cave or opening“The river was caving the banks”

See also: spelunkundermine

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