cave vs shipwreck

cave

noun
  • A collapse or cave-in. 

  • A code cave. 

  • A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made. 

  • A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. 

  • A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out. 

  • A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese. 

  • A place of retreat, such as a man cave. 

  • A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult. 

  • Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling. 

  • A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue. 

  • The vagina. 

verb
  • To engage in the recreational exploration of caves. 

  • To hollow out or undermine. 

  • To surrender. 

  • In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place. 

  • To collapse. 

intj
  • look out!; beware! 

shipwreck

noun
  • destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss 

  • An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. 

  • A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. 

verb
  • To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap. 

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