cavern Definition
cav·ern (kav′ərn)
transitive verb
- to enclose in or as in a cavern
- to hollow out: often with out
cavern Synonyms
cavern Usage Examples
Converse of object
- enter: There, he entered a large cavern which he proceeded to explore for a distance of eight miles.
- fill: Sump: Point in the cave where the water fills the cavern entirely.
- explore: You can also explore caverns where locals collect swallow nests to make their bird's nest soup.
- discover: I discovered the second cavern of Bones at Hutton hill.
- reach: After two or three hundred meters we rounded the southern tip and reached the magical cavern.
- visit: It is best to visit the cavern during the summer at noon, when the light penetrates the darkness producing stunning effects inside.
Adjective modifier
- cathedral-like: Float under stalagtites, see ancient skeletons and pottery and prepare to be awstruck by cathedral-like caverns.
- subterranean: It includes three stages in which you have to fight your way through the passages of alien subterranean caverns.
- underground: The high light is a view of the huge underground cavern which has recently been proved to be Bronze Age.
- underwater: We arrived outside an enormous underwater cavern, the silver ripples reflecting on the stone walls.
- vast: Now, he was standing in a vast cavern.
- immense: So great were their numbers that they quickly filled the immense underground cavern and forced the busy workmen to abandon their tasks.
Modifies a noun
- diving: There were four of us, none of whom had ever been cavern diving.
- wall: Moles are able to gnaw through some cavern walls, opening up larger areas for exploration.
- floor: His feet slipped on some loose gravel, which cascaded down onto the cavern floor.
Noun used with modifier
- limestone: The famous limestone cavern, which is an Irish national monument, was the scene of a massacre by the Vikings in 928 AD.
- slate: A steam railroad chuffs into the hills to the biggest slate caverns in the world.
- ice: A few feet below this level they discovered a wide ice cavern which fell away below for another 50 or 60ft.
Preposition: in
country: Castleton Caverns without doubt the most spectacular collection of caverns in the country.
Preposition: with
lake: Formed over thousands of years, it's a treasure chest of stalagmites and stalactites, spread over 5 caverns with underground lakes.
Browse dictionary entries near cavern
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- ‹ cavatina

