Plural of cave
regular plural
The plural of cave is caves.
Forms of cave
| Singular | cave /keɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | caves /keɪvz/ |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Caves in a sentence
- It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Hypogenic caves are formed by water rising from below ground.From the entry hypogenic
- We went spelunking in some caves and got quite the scare when we found some skellies in there.From the entry skelly
- In the ossiferous caves we found many intact skeletons.From the entry ossiferous
- When all days are the same, memory caves in on itself.2022, Julia Glass, Vigil Harbor, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 161. From the entry molasses
Meaning of cave
- noun A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- noun A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- noun A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
Questions about the plural of cave
- What is the plural of cave?
- The plural of cave is caves.
- Is cave countable?
- Cave is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cave (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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