cavernous
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˈkævərnəs/
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cavernoso
- Every corner of the cavernous Senate Chamber is jammed with media, politicians, and onlookers.
- cavernous space
You know, one of the things that, that, that I've realized is that there's this cavernous gap between information and action.
- You know, one of the things that, that, that I've realized is that there's this cavernous gap between information and action.
- All of that will add up, and that cumulative sense of injustice can just feel cavernous and you get lost in it.
- She made it sound like some sort of cavernous cave of wonders that that had all sorts of different tunnels you could go down.
- You're in the the the dark cavernous.
- Mountainous mountain range and the cavernous.
- The room rang cavernous and noisy, even with most of the long wood plank tables emptying.
- Pages are cavernous places, white at entrance, black in absorption echo.
Examples
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In the center of the cavernous space, a windowless, cinderblock room built on 5-foot supports.
Fiction book (1998) -
If food is eaten in a communal dining hall, the room is likely to be cavernous, windowless, and cheerless.
Academic text (2017) -
It's like this vast open, you know, empty cavernous space with lights and, and all these things happening.
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The unimaginable corners of the cavernous room were dark and vast.
Fiction book (1997) -
Upon entering the home, he is stunned to find a cavernous, unfurnished interior.
Academic text (2016) -
Another night, we walked, my shadow and I, through the cavernous, deserted Newark train station.
Fiction book (1997) -
For example, everyone entering the cavernous underground laboratory must first shower and put on a clean-room garment.
Academic text (2001) -
PK switches on a light switch to a cavernous space cluttered with old desks, blackboards, and church pews.
Fiction book (1992) -
Saigon Ruby's Circle Bar is a cavernous hole tricked out in grimy red velvet and beaded curtains.
Fiction book (1990) -
Upon entering the home, he is stunned to find a cavernous, unfurnished interior.
Synonyms
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2.5
A large open room or area with plenty of space
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4.3
Having a dark, hollow, cool space like a cave
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9.8
Very deep and hard to understand or imagine
Like a cave, having deep hollow spaces often in rocks
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.2
A large area of veins on each side of the pituitary gland that drains blood from the brain and face
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Etymology
Cavernous comes from the old Latin word caverna meaning 'cave' or 'hollow', much like the everyday word cave. So when a place or opening is called 'cavernous' it feels very large, deep, and hollow—like a big cave where sound echoes and light is low.