Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large cave.
- noun A large underground chamber, as in a cave.
- transitive verb To enclose in or as if in a cavern.
- transitive verb To hollow out.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large natural cavity under the surface of the earth; a cave; a den.
- To hollow out; form like a cave by excavating: with out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
cave . - noun An
underground chamber .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hollow out as if making a cavern
- noun any large dark enclosed space
- noun a large cave or a large chamber in a cave
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We have lights with us and there are lights on the walls, but still some of the cavern is shadowed by darkness.
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We have lights with us and there are lights on the walls, but still some of the cavern is shadowed by darkness.
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The word cavern does not convey any idea of this immense space; words of human tongue are inadequate to describe the discoveries of him who ventures into the deep abysses of earth.
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"Where is his mountain cavern, and how can I reach it?"
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"Go to my mountain cavern," he commanded, "and bring me a sack of my buried treasure."
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Be careful, now, the floor of this cavern is several feet below the opening.
The Hidden Hand 1888
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The dome of one cavern is three hundred and fifty-five feet from floor to roof.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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The word cavern does not convey any idea of this immense space; words of human tongue are inadequate to describe the discoveries of him who ventures into the deep abysses of earth.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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At length they gained the height, where the roar of the cascade was distinctly heard, at which Ella gave an exclamation of joy; they were so near home, as she called the cavern, for from the description of old Archy, in her childish fancy, she pictured it as a very desirable place.
Jamie Parker, the Fugitive Emily Catharine Pierson 1851
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The entrance to the cavern is by a steep descent: from the irregular manner in which the skulls lie, it appears, that the bodies were thrown down carelessly; and I am confirmed in this opinion, by observing, that though the cavern extends one hundred and thirty feet, there are no bones farther in than a body thrown from the aperture would have fallen; none of the smaller bones remain.
Letter 196 1797
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