Cavern Definition

kăvərn
caverns
noun
caverns
A cave, esp. a large cave.
Webster's New World
A large underground chamber, as in a cave.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
caverns
To enclose in or as in a cavern.
Webster's New World
To hollow out.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • cavern out

Other Word Forms of Cavern

Noun

Singular:
cavern
Plural:
caverns

Origin of Cavern

  • Middle English caverne from Old French from Latin caverna from cavus hollow keuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus (“hollow”).

    From Wiktionary

Cavern Sentence Examples

  • But we can't live long in this cavern, that's certain.

  • The fauna of Brixham cavern closely resembles that of Kent's Hole.

  • A gigantic swan, Cygnus falconeri, is known from the Zebug cavern in Malta.

  • The Tafna (about ioo m.) rises in a large cavern in the mountains south of Tlemcen and flows N.E.

  • The place of his burial is unknown, and the legend which says he still sits in a cavern in the Kyffhauser mountain in Thuringia waiting until the need of his country shall call him, is now thought to refer, at least in its earlier form, to his grandson, the emperor Frederick II.

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Words Starting With

CCACAV

Words Ending With

NRNERN

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Words Starting With C and Ending With N

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With N