Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a cave

Etymologies

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cave +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Some of his pieces invite us to peer into cavelike crevasses, one thing embodied within another.

    Beauty That's No Illusion Willard Spiegelman 2011

  • A dank series of cavelike rooms below an Orthodox yeshiva, the place had a musty, subterranean feel, as if the Golem were crouching in the next passageway.

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • The cavelike space cut them off completely from sight.

    The Book Of Spells Kate Brian 2010

  • As she walked down the steep escalator into the cavelike recess of the Dupont Circle Metro station, she practiced greeting him.

    Law of Attraction Allison Leotta 2010

  • Dark and cloistered and cavelike, the stairwell had seemed like a good idea at the time.

    Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

  • Most of the lamps were off, so it was dark and cavelike, the only light coming from the massive windows that looked into the hippo enclosures.

    BELLY UP STUART GIBBS 2010

  • He awoke to find himself in a tiny cavelike cell with a couple of ventilation holes -- and the constant blasting of Brazilian country music.

    Brazilian Billionaire Is a Control Freak 2010

  • The cavelike space cut them off completely from sight.

    The Book Of Spells Kate Brian 2010

  • He awoke to find himself in a tiny cavelike cell with a couple of ventilation holes -- and the constant blasting of Brazilian country music.

    Brazilian Billionaire Is a Control Freak 2010

  • As she walked down the steep escalator into the cavelike recess of the Dupont Circle Metro station, she practiced greeting him.

    Law of Attraction Allison Leotta 2010

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