antre
[ an-ter ]
/ ˈæn tər /
noun
a cavern; cave.
Origin of antre
1595–1605; < Middle French < Latin
antrum. See
antrum
Words nearby antre
antony,
antony and cleopatra,
antony, mark,
antonym,
antonyms,
antre,
antrectomy,
antrim,
antro-,
antroduodenectomy,
antron
Example sentences from the Web for antres
He took up the Zoology of Pliny, and pursued his accounts of “Antres vast, and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders.”
Olla Podrida |Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
British Dictionary definitions for antres
antre
/ (ˈæntə) /
noun
archaic
a cavern or cave
Word Origin for antre
C17: from French, from Latin
antrum, from Greek
antron