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cavates

cavates is the plural of cavate.

Meaning of cavate

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

Questions about cavates

What is cavates the plural of?
Cavates is the plural of cavate.

Words near cavates in the dictionary

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

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