cavern

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cav=ern

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cavern has 2 senses

Verb cavern has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

cavernn. [L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. caverne.].
     A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cavern, n.
1 a cave, esp. a large or dark one.
2 a dark cavelike place, e.g. a room.

Derivative
cavernous adj. cavernously adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF caverne or f. L caverna f. cavus hollow

THESAURUS

cavern

abri, antre, bunker, burrow, cave, cove, dugout, foxhole, grot, grotto, hole, lair, sewer, subterrane, subterranean, subway, tunnel, warren

ROGET THESAURUS

cavern

Concavity

N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.


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