cavern
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈkævərn/
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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.
- And the under tomb is this vast cavern underneath the tombs.
- Bullies come from a deep, yawning cavern of insecurity.
- Another way for it to happen is for like a like a salt cavern or salt mines.
- Because once you, you know, once you, once you really crack open that cavern, it's hard to go back.
- The size of the caverns that are being built a mile underground, unprecedented.
- You then concentrate that gas, you pipe it usually quite a long way, and then you can store it basically in a geological cavern underground.
- And he says every instance since I've set foot in the cavern under the tombstones, I have striven to keep them still, to keep them unaware.
- And so it's like an empty cave or cavern inside that is, that is there's a hole that it's like a sieve and it can never be filled.
- Squatters whispered that batwing devils flew out of caverns in the inner earth to worship it at at midnight.
- You know, Tism dips, drips heavy, it drips heavy in the genetic caverns out there.
Examples
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And the under tomb is this vast cavern underneath the tombs.
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A low passage leads to a second cavern lined with stalactites.
Academic text (2011) -
Behind the hole is a very large cavern
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Yeah, it punched through into a cavern 80 feet down.
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Maybe this cavern isn't as secure as we thought.
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A hospital in a very big cavern, blasted in the rock.
Academic text (2008) -
I'm in a cavern, like an underwater cave.
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Using the map, we went into some underground caverns.
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Some say they're still down here, roaming the caverns and tunnels.
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The explorers discovered a breathtaking cavern filled with stunning rock formations.
Synonyms
716
1.0
A large natural underground chamber with an opening to the surface
271
3.9
An enclosed space inside something, for example a cave or the body
16
7.2
A small pretty cave often found by the sea or in a garden
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3.8
A small empty space or dip in something
A secret cave that appears in old stories
Antonyms
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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.