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cavernous

[kav-er-nuhs]

adjective

  1. being, resembling, or suggestive of a cavern.

    a vast, cavernous room.

  2. deep-set.

    cavernous eyes.

  3. hollow and deep-sounding.

    a cavernous voice.

  4. containing caverns.

  5. full of small cavities; porous.



cavernous

/ ˈæəə /

adjective

  1. suggestive of a cavern in vastness, darkness, etc

    cavernous hungry eyes

  2. filled with small cavities; porous

  3. (of rocks) containing caverns or cavities

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • cavernously adverb
  • intercavernous adjective
  • uncavernous adjective
  • uncavernously adverb
  • ˈԴdzܲ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cavernous1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word ōܲ. See cavern, -ous
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With the Dodgers hosting its archrival San Francisco Giants over the weekend, one might expect the cavernous brew hall with giant projection screens to be packed with revelers.

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Catherine was shown around the store's cavernous rooms by the museum's director Tristram Hunt and she saw examples of conservation work on textiles in the collection.

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The cavernous synagogue outside of Detroit, one of several houses of worship along a suburban strip nicknamed “God Row,” was on high alert.

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Arguably the biggest adjustment: abandoning longtime on-campus commencement venue Alumni Park — and its stately red-brick buildings and mature greenery — for the cavernous Coliseum.

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In the early morning, before the shutters even open, the cavernous lobby of the wholesale market echoes with voices reciting key phrases.

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