Cavern and Lair

Cavern

Cavern noun - A large cave or a large chamber in a cave.

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Lair and cavern are semantically related In some cases you can use "Lair" instead a noun "Cavern".

Nearby Words: cave, cavernous, caver

Lair noun - A place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others.

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Cavern and lair are semantically related in cave topic. You can use "Cavern" instead a noun "Lair".

Nearby Words: laired, lairing

old	old cavern	old lair
full	full cavern	full lair
typical	typical cavern	typical lair
complete	complete cavern	complete lair
Other adjectives: entire, massive, subterranean, huge, dark, main, tropical, secret, final, hidden, underground, gigantic, vast, shaped, spacious, giant, frozen, underwater, volcanic, collapsing, deeper.

Ye Olde Nuclear Silo: An ancient ICBM base provides access from the main cavern system to the lair of Blue Blaze.

Source: Fanfic / All The Way Back
The lair is actually a cavern that the Watership Down rabbits use as secret route to Efrafa.

Source: Literature / Watership Down
City in a Bottle Collapsing Lair: Logan shoots a support beam in the ceiling of Box's cave, and the whole cavern comes crashing down.

Source: Film / Logan's Run

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