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cavern Definition

cav·ern (kavərn)

noun

a cave, esp. a large cave

Etymology: ME & OFr caverne < L caverna < cavus: see cave

transitive verb

  1. to enclose in or as in a cavern
  2. to hollow out: often with out

cavern Synonyms

cavern

n.

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.

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