cavate

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cavate

/ˈkeɪ.veɪt/

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From Latin cavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of cavō (“to hollow out, to excavate”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

noun cavates

A cliffside dwelling made in the living rock by humans. Given the absence of other means of dating the cavates, ceramic dating was the focus of the data collection, but we also recorded vessel form.

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@misc{cavate_2026,
  title = {cavate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cavate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}