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The definition of cavernous is vast or filled with caverns or cavities.

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An example of something cavernous is a huge room in a mansion, a cavernous room.

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See cavernous in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

full of caverns
full of cavities; porous
like or characteristic of a cavern; deep-set, hollow, etc.: a cavernous voice, cavernous cheeks

Origin: ME < L cavernosus

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cavernously adverb

See cavernous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Filled with caverns.
Resembling a cavern, as in depth, vastness, or effect: a cavernous yawn; cavernous echoes.
Anatomy Filled with cavities or hollow areas; porous.

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cavˈern·ous·ly adverb

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