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Höhle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cave noun A natural hollow space underground or in the side of a cliff or hill.
  • cavern noun A large cave, especially one with a spacious underground chamber.
  • cavity noun A hollow space or hole inside something solid.
  • den noun A wild animal's shelter, such as a cave or burrow.
  • hollow noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
  • lair noun The den or hidden resting place of a wild animal.

Senses

Höhle is used for these senses in English:

  • antrum (biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.
  • cave A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
  • cavern A large cave.
  • cavity (anatomy) A hollow area within the body.
  • den A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
  • den A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
  • hollow A sunken area on a surface.

cave — full definition

  1. noun A natural hollow space underground or in the side of a cliff or hill.
  2. noun Informally, a private room or space someone retreats to (a "man cave").
  3. verb To give in or surrender, especially after resisting.
  4. verb To collapse inward.

cavern — full definition

  1. noun A large cave, especially one with a spacious underground chamber.
  2. noun Any large, dark, hollow space.

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