NIAH CAVE

Meaning of NIAH CAVE in English

/nee"euh/

a limestone cave in Sarawak, Borneo, the site of the discovery of one of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls, dated c38,000 B.C.

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NIAH CAVE — site of significant archaeological evidence concerning prehistoric man's existence in Southeast Asia, located on the island of Borneo, East Malaysia, …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAVE — I Naturally formed underground cavity. A cave often consists of a number of underground chambers, constituting a series of caverns. …
Английский словарь Британика
CAVE — I. ˈkāv noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cava, from cavus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAVE — (n.) A coalition or group of seceders from a political party, as from the Liberal party in England in 1866. …
Английский словарь Webster
CAVE — (v. i.) To dwell in a cave.
Английский словарь Webster
CAVE — — cavelike , adj. /kayv/ , n. , v. , caved, caving . n. 1. a hollow in the earth, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAVE — I. ˈkāv noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin cava, from cavus hollow; akin to Greek koilos hollow, and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAVE — vi to dwell in a cave. 2. cave ·noun to make hollow; to scoop out. 3. cave ·noun any hollow …
Webster English vocab
CAVE — [cave] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L cava, fr. cavus hollow; akin to Gk koilos hollow, and prob. to Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAVE — also called cavern, natural opening in the Earth large enough for human exploration. Such a cavity is formed in many …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAVE — I cave noun, verb 'hollow' BrE AmE keɪv ▷ caved keɪvd ▷ caves keɪvz ▷ caving ˈkeɪv ɪŋ ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAVE — / keɪv; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a large hole in the side of a hill or under …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAVE — I. cave 1 /keɪv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin cava , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAVE — n. & v. --n. 1 a large hollow in the side of a cliff, hill, etc., or underground. 2 Brit. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAVE — n. & v. n. 1 a large hollow in the side of a cliff, hill, etc., or underground. 2 Brit. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAVE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a large hollow in the side of a cliff, hill, etc., or underground. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
CAVE — ( caves, caving, caved) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A cave is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAVE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Aladdin's Cave ▪ Her apartment is an Aladdin's Cave of antiques, old books, and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAVE — n. Jewel Cave National Monument Mammoth Cave National Park Russell Cave National Monument Timpanogos Cave National Monument Wind Cave National …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CAVE — n. Naturally formed underground cavity. A cave often consists of a number of underground chambers, constituting a series of caverns. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CAVE — Synonyms and related words : abri, air-raid shelter, antre, bend, bomb shelter, bombproof, bow, bowl, break, break down, breakdown, breaking …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAVE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , large ▪ shallow , small ▪ dark ▪ damp , dank ▪ mountain , rocky …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CAVE — n. 1 cavern, grotto, hollow, hole, cavity, den In the cave were prehistoric wall paintings v. 2 cave in. a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CAVE — The most remarkable caves noticed in Scripture are, that in which Lot dwelt after the destruction of Sodom, (Genesis 19:30) …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
CAVE — 1. сущ. 1) пещера; полость, котловина Syn : burrow, cavern, grotto, tunnel 2) погреб, подвал, яма (для хранения чего-либо) Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAVE — _I 1. keıv n 1. пещера 2. полость; впадина 3. геол. карстовое образование 4. спец. (экранированная) камера radiation cave - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CAVE — 1) полость 2) экранированная ( от излучений ) камера 3) сил. зольник 4) обрушивать(ся); обваливать(ся) 5) делать выемку, выдалбливать • …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CAVE — 1) полость 2) экранированная (от излучений) камера 3) сил. зольник 4) обрушивать(ся); обваливать(ся) 5) делать выемку, выдалбливать • to cave in — обрушиваться в выработку - high-level …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CAVE — 1) полость, выемка; впадина 2) пещера 3) обрушение || обрушать(ся) 4) свес крыши • to cave in — прогибаться; оседать, опускаться to cave in rock — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CAVE — _I 1. keıv n 1. пещера 2. полость; впадина 3. геол. карстовое образование 4. спец. (экранированная) камера radiation cave - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CAVE — (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) камера автоматической виртуальной среды, CAVE-система класс систем для проведения экспериментов в виртуальных мирах см. тж. virtual reality, VRML
Англо-Русский толковый словарь терминов и сокращений по ВТ, Интернету и программированию
CAVE — 1. сущ. 1) пещера; полость, котловина Syn : burrow, cavern, grotto, tunnel 2) погреб, подвал, яма (для хранения чего-либо) Syn …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MALAYSIA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of seven red and seven white horizontal stripes and a blue canton with a yellow star and …
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