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cavate

/ˈkeɪ.veɪt/

cavate noun: a cliffside dwelling made in the living rock by humans.

Noun

cavate (plural cavates)

  1. A cliffside dwelling made in the living rock by humans.
    • Given the absence of other means of dating the cavates, ceramic dating was the focus of the data collection, but we also recorded vessel form.1995, Peter McKenna, Analysis of Surface Ceramics From the Study Area
    • The reader may wonder about the significance of the Ahuitzotl figure in a cavate near Los Alamos National Laboratory.2010, Allan MacGillivray III, The Venus Calendar Observatory at Aztec New Mexico, page 135

Forms of cavate

pluralcavates

Origin of cavate

From Latin cavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of cavō (“to hollow out, to excavate”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Questions about cavate

What does cavate mean?
Cavate means a cliffside dwelling made in the living rock by humans.
What part of speech is cavate?
Cavate is a noun.
How do you pronounce cavate?
Cavate is pronounced /ˈkeɪ.veɪt/.
What is the plural of cavate?
The plural of cavate is cavates.

Words near cavate in the dictionary

  1. Cavasos
  2. Cavasoses
  3. cavass
  4. cavasses
  5. cavatappi
  6. cavate
  7. cavatelli
  8. cavates
  9. cavatina
  10. cavatinas
  11. cavatine

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