cavern

nounverbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈkav.ən//
United Kingdom//ˈkav.n̩//
United States//ˈkæv.ɚn//
United States//ˈkæv.ɹən//

A large cave.

noun

1
A large cave.
2
An underground chamber.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
3
A large, dark place or space.
a dark cavern of a shop

Etymology

From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).

verb

1
To form a cavern or deep depression in.
catacombs caverning the hillsides
2
To put into a cavern.

Forms

plural: caverns
past tense: caverned
past participle: caverned
present participle: caverning
third person singular: caverns

cave · A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in…Cave · The 18th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.caveman · An early human or closely related species, popularly held to…

cavern · A large cave.

caviar · Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish,…cavity · A hole or hollow depression in a solid object. A hollow area…cawing · The act of producing a caw sound.

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