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cliff caves

cliff caves is the plural of cliff cave.

Meaning of cliff cave

Noun

cliff cave (plural cliff caves)

  1. A natural rock shelter, sea cave, or man-made dwelling carved into the vertical face of a cliff and rock formation, ranging from ancient, historic cliff dwellings to dynamic coastal sea caves accessible by hiking or kayaking.
    • The wildest of British wild sports is the pursuit of the seal in the almost inaccessible cliff-caves to which it at times resorts.1904, John Tregarthen, “CHAPTER XIV: A MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE SEAL-CAVES”, in Wild Life at the Land's End, Project Gutenberg

Questions about cliff caves

What is cliff caves the plural of?
Cliff caves is the plural of cliff cave.

Words near cliff caves in the dictionary

  1. Clif
  2. Clifden
  3. Clifdenian
  4. cliff
  5. cliff cave
  6. cliff caves
  7. cliff edge
  8. cliff edges
  9. cliff face
  10. cliff faces
  11. cliff fall

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