Cave and Hole

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Cave

Cave noun - A naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface.

Usage example: Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels

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Hole is a synonym for cave in nature topic. In some cases you can use "Hole" instead a noun "Cave", when it comes to topics like place, small cave. popular alternative

Nearby Words: cavern, caved, caver, caving

Hole

Hole noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.

Usage example: dig a hole big enough to plant the tree

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Cave is a synonym for hole in burrow topic. You can use "Cave" instead a noun "Hole", if it concerns topics such as place, cavity, small cave, opening in a solid object. popular alternative

Nearby Words: holed, holey, holer, holing

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full	full cave	full hole
particular	particular cave	particular hole
single	single cave	single hole
deep	deep cave	deep hole
Other adjectives: empty, real, massive, large, big, great, enormous, huge, tiny, magic, new, gigantic, larger, random, titular, strange, last, different, literal, local, nearby, super, bigger.

Both words in one sentence

It can squeeze in through any crack, and sleeps by day in a cave or a hole in a tree - making it oddly similar to the "Teliko" seen in The X-Files.

Source: Our Vampires Are Different / Mythology
Big Bulky Bomb: Instantly kills any player(s) stupid enough to not take cover in a cave/hole/room when it goes off (the game freaking TELLS you to GTFO or die)?

Source: Video Game / The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
One of these is a strange hole in cave walls, which isn't so much a crack as a neatly-defined square hole.

Source: Suspiciously Cracked Wall

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