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aven

aven noun: a vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.

Noun

aven (plural avens)

  1. A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
  2. A pothole.

Proper noun capitalized: Aven

Aven (plural Avens)

  1. A surname from Norwegian.

aven meaning in Tamil

aven in Tamil

குத்துச் சுரங்கப் பாதை

Forms of aven

Noun
pluralavens
Proper noun
pluralAvens

Origin of aven

Borrowed from French aven.

Borrowed from Norwegian Aven. It could also be a variant of Avon.

Questions about aven

What does aven mean?
Aven means a vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
What is aven in Tamil?
Aven in Tamil is குத்துச் சுரங்கப் பாதை. See Aven meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aven?
Aven can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of aven?
The plural of aven is avens.

Words near aven in the dictionary

  1. avelut
  2. avemectin
  3. avemetatarsalian
  4. avemetatarsalians
  5. Avempace
  6. aven
  7. avenaceous
  8. avenacin
  9. avenacinase
  10. avenacins
  11. avenacoside

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aven (page history and authors); Aven (page history and authors); aven (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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