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View synonyms for antre
antre
[ an-ter ]
noun
- a cavern; cave.
antre
/ ˈæntə /
noun
- archaic.a cavern or cave
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of antre1
C17: from French, from Latin antrum, from Greek antron
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Example Sentences
Antre is a generic term for cave, and as trou means hole, the word antrou is also equivalent to old hole.
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Watch came, with his little scut of a tail cocked as sharp as duty, and I set him at the narrow mouth of the great snow antre.
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Note the antithesis in the same line, antre de rois, Louvre de voleurs.
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