: cave
especially
: one of large or indefinite extent
caverned; caverning; caverns
1
: to place in or as if in a cavern
2
: to form a cavern of : hollow
—used with out
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Examples of cavern in a Sentence
Noun
a cavern with beautiful stalactites
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Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
The land is made of karst, a porous bedrock that allows water to slowly carve away the stone, leaving crevices, caverns and caves.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
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Noun
These uncharted caverns could be his next hunting ground.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
The land is made of karst, a porous bedrock that allows water to slowly carve away the stone, leaving crevices, caverns and caves.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
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“Cavern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavern. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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cavern
noun
cav·ern
ˈkav-ərn 
: a cavity (as in the lung) caused by disease
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