dark cave

collocation in English

meaningsofdarkandcave

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dark
adjective
uk
/dɑːk/us
/dɑːrk/
with little or ...
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cave
noun[C]
uk
/keɪv/us
/keɪv/
a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that ...
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(Definition ofdarkandcavefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I recollect seeing a hen pheasant at the end of a longdarkcave.
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In childhood, the infant glides from adarkcaveinto a rich, green landscape.
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Before her captors abandoned her for the last week, she was blindfolded and chained to the inside of a tiny,darkcave.
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The team goes into thedarkcavethrough the mouth of monstrous head.
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One day he discovered adarkcavethat glowed inside from a green substance.
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She uses her power in the film to clear away clouds and summon down a beam of light to illuminate adarkcave.
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An interesting characteristic of these crickets is their long antennae and powerful rear legs which allow for quick movement in thedarkcavesystem.
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The swiftlets or cave swiftlets have developed a form of echolocation for navigating throughdarkcavesystems where they roost.
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The float trip included a tumbling outhouse, whirlpools and adarkcave.
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In this mostlydarkcave, riders hit the final rapid and then hit smooth water.
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Wolf wakes her from her visions, and she finds herself in thedarkcave.
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Link follows them into adarkcave, where he falls down a mysterious deep hole.
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The bats hibernate during the winter months in dark caves, mines, old buildings, and sometimes in cellars.
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In the natural environments, they roost in dark caves, the dried leaves of palm trees, hollow tree trunks and so forth.
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The lack of eyes and body pigment and the long legs are adaptations for life as a troglobite, an animal which spends its whole life in dark caves.
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Billy and his pals set out on a journey through dark caves and enchanted forests, as they attempt to solve the riddle of the ancient runes, and find the scepter.
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