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(n)
(obsolete) A cave, cavern or grotto.
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(v)
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
(frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
A small cave.
(archaic) Cavern; cave.
A large cave.
The act of something collapsing or caving in.
A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
A hole in the ground.
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
A formation of minerals, specifically:
(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.
An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
A restaurant or bar.
A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
(transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
A place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine.
A Spanish white sparkling wine made using the méthode champenoise.
An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
The act of collapsing.
A tung tree.
(Islam) A sin.
A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
(slang) The penis.
(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
(medicine, US politics) Initialism of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(countable) Initialism of chief marketing officer.
Support; agreement; blessing (in a secular sense).
(transitive) To give up; yield to another. [with to]
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
(adj)
(colloquial) Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
A surname transferred from the nickname, a spelling variant of Brown.
A surname.
An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
(dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
A place to hide.
A room or set of rooms, particularly:
A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
An underground or underwater passage.
(countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
(by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
(baseball, soccer, cricket) A sunken shelter at the side of a sports field where non-playing team members and staff sit during a game.
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
(slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
Resembling or characteristic of a cave
(geology) Stalactites and stalagmites collectively.
(N)
man-made underground passages primarily used for religious purposes, particularly for burial.
(geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.
An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
The practice or hobby of exploring underground caverns.
A depression (basin, hollow) in karstic terrain/limestone.
(Canada, US) One who explores caves; one who spelunks.
A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
(chiefly British) Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.
A town in Virginia.
(geology) A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.
A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
Below ground, under the earth, underground.
A pile of rocks.
a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Nectriaceae.
An underground vault.
(properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record.
(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
A low duct or tunnel designed to be traversed by crawling.
An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
(uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
(uncountable) A state of concealment.
The sloping side of a mountain.
A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
The recreational activity of exploring caves.
A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
Any way for passing in, out or through something.
A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.