aven

aven
a) A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above
b) A pothole

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  • aven — aven …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • aven — [ avɛn ] n. m. • 1889 géol.; a. fr. avenc « gouffre », mot région. (Rouergue), d o. prélatine ♦ Orifice naturel creusé à la surface d un plateau calcaire par les eaux d infiltration. ⇒ gouffre, région. igue. L Aven Orgnac. ● aven nom masculin… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Aven — steht für: Asexual Visibility and Education Network Aven steht für: eine Ortschaft der Schweizer Gemeinde Conthey den französischen Ausdruck für eine Karsthöhle, siehe z. B. Aven Armand Aven (Fluss), Küstenfluss in Frankreich, Region… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • aven — AVÉN s.n. v. avenă. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  AVÉN avene f. Prăpastie circulară în regiunile calcaroase, în care se scurg apele de suprafaţă. /<lat. avena Trimis de siveco, 22.08.2004. Sursa: NODEX  AVÉN s.n …   Dicționar Român

  • Aven — may refer to: *Aven River in Brittany, France *, a fictional bird race in Magic: The Gathering *Pitch (vertical space), in rock or ice climbing *Yellow Avens, a flowering plant of the Geum genus, native to most of the temperate Northern… …   Wikipedia

  • Aven — Aven, Küstenfluß in Finisterre …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • aven — aven·tu·rine; …   English syllables

  • aven- — *aven germ., Substantiv: nhd. Hafer; ne. oats (Plural); Rekontruktionsbasis: as., ahd.; Interferenz: Lehnwort lat. avēna; Etymologie: s. lat …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • Aven — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Aven (homonymie). Chantoir du Sotait à Sprimont, Belgique …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Aven —    Nothingness; vanity.    1) Hosea speaks of the high places of Aven (10:8), by which he means Bethel. He also calls it Beth aven, i.e., the house of vanity (4:15), on account of the golden calves Jeroboam had set up there (1 Kings 12:28).    2) …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • aven —    1. A hole in the roof of a cave passage that may be either a rather large blind roof pocket or a tributary inlet shaft into the cave system. A feature described as an aven when seen from below may equally be described as shaft when seen from… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

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