how to pronounce cave

/ˈkɛɪv/

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cave is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of cave in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Charles in this cave now and and it …”

meaning of cave

A cave is a natural or artificial underground space large enough for a human to enter.

cave frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word cave occurs in english on average 15.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics cave can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that cave can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;