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adjective
hollowed out, as a space excavated from rock: cavate cliff dwellings.
Origin:
1725–35; < Latin cavātus made hollow (past participle), equivalent to cav(āre) to hollow + -ātus -ate1
1725–35; < Latin cavātus made hollow (past participle), equivalent to cav(āre) to hollow + -ātus -ate1
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