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cavern
[kav-ern]
noun
a cave, especially one that is large and mostly underground.
Pathology.a cavity that is produced by disease, especially one produced in the lungs by tuberculosis.
verb (used with object)
to enclose in or as if in a cavern.
to hollow out to form a cavern.
cavern
/ ˈæə /
noun
a cave, esp when large and formed by underground water, or a large chamber in a cave
verb
to shut in or as if in a cavern
to hollow out
cavern
A large cave.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cavern1
Example Sentences
The scientists travel 1,500 metres below the surface into three vast underground caverns.
Large underground salt caverns are ideal - but the nearest potential sites are in East Yorkshire and Cheshire.
"Instead of a big, sheer pristine box of ice, you can see caverns under the edges," Prof Meijers says.
If we were to squeeze through small cracks in his mind’s cavern walls or crawl down its miniaturized hallways toward Erickson's nerve center, we might find ourselves in a room with a broken printer.
Galvanized by sound in yawning subterranean caverns, she made her calling “deep listening” as a way to overcome the world’s ever-increasing surface noise.
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