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View synonyms for rock-shelter

rock-shelter

or rock shel·ter

[ rok-shel-ter ]

noun

  1. a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rock-shelter1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

This discovery was made in a rock-shelter during its excavation in the autumn of 1909 by M. Peyrony.

I also passed a rock-shelter, which served as a permanent home.

That the upper story took its name from the rock-shelter may be further illustrated.

They are known as the Cro-Magnon race, after a group of them discovered in a rock shelter of that name on the banks of the Vezère.

Make a rock shelter with walls of skin instead of plaited branches.

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