as in cave
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a fantasy in which an intrepid band of adventurers enter a vast antre and discover a hidden world filled with monsters and wonders
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Chasing gestures and glimmers of memory, the film returns to Cao Thị Hậu’s birth cave alongside cinema’s first light.—
Cátia Rodrigues,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025 -
Aged in natural caves, this cheese is deeply tied to the region’s heritage.—
Hannah Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
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Earthquakes have shaken the cavern repeatedly and back in the day, when the government was testing nuclear weapons farther west at the Nevada Test Site, an underground blast would cause the water to ripple.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Little detail is known about exactly what each of the underground caverns held or when, but etchings by 18th-century Italian classical archaeologist and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi show it as a lively part of the city center.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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Wine grapes cascade through the underground grottoes.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Aug. 2025
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The show looks great, too, its grotto set (by Arnulfo Maldonado) lit in hot pinks and purples (by Bradley King) that are complemented by costumes (by Dede Ayite) of astonishing vivacity.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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“Antre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antre. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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