cave art

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [keyv ahrt]
- /keɪv ɑrt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [keyv ahrt]
- /keɪv ɑrt/

Definition of cave art words

noun cave art paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters, especially naturalistic depictions of animals, produced by Upper Paleolithic peoples of western Europe between about 28,000 and 10,000 years ago. 1

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Origin of cave art

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25

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Parts of speech for Cave art

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cave art popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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