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cavern

cavern

63 4.3
A very large dark cave or enclosed space
  • noun
  • /ˈkævərn/
: caverna
  • Our world consists of rock through which countless caverns and tunnels penetrate.
  • underground cavern
  • dark cavern
  • deep cavern

And the under tomb is this vast cavern underneath the tombs.

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Examples

Synonyms

cave
vscavern
603 1.0

A large natural underground chamber with an opening to the surface

is larger darker and used also to mean something vast and gloomy
chamber
vscavern
343 3.9

An enclosed space inside something, for example a cave or the body

is a large dark underground area not just any enclosed space
grotto
vscavern
15 7.2

A small pretty cave often found by the sea or in a garden

is bigger and gloomier rather than small and decorative
hollow
vscavern
14 3.8

A small empty space or dip in something

is a large enclosed dark space not a small internal cavity
antre
vscavern
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A secret cave that appears in old stories

is less literary and highlights size and gloom rather than secrecy

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Brightness from the sun, lamps, or fire that makes things visible

32 1.0

Outside in a place that is not covered

How Big

cavern
63 4.3
cathedral
4 6.6
cave
603 1.0
hall
758 1.0
grotto
15 7.2

Surface Forms

cavern singular
caverns plural

Etymology

Cavern comes from the Latin root cavus, which means 'hollow', and it is the same idea behind the English words cave and cavity. So a cavern is a very large hollow space, often dark and deep, which is why the word feels empty or gloomy in pictures and stories.