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:

    “The whole cut impressed me as if it were a cave with its stalactites laid open to the light.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Nothing is uglier than the sinner, nothing so leprous or fetid; the scar of his crimes is still raw, and he stinks like the cave of Hell.”
    —Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. 348–405)

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