Cave

Cave

A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. Caves form naturally by the weathering of rock and they often extend deep underground. The word "cave" can also refer to much smaller openings such as sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos.

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Famous quotes containing the word cave:

    “In such an armor he may rise and raid
    The dark cave after midnight, unafraid....”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “If the sea were ink
    For the words of my Lord,
    the sea would be spent before the Words of my Lord are spent.”
    —Qur’An. The Cave 18:109, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)

    “The Cave of Jeremiah is in this part. In its lamentable recesses he composed his lamentable Lamentations.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)