English Explanatory Dictionary

cavern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large cave.
  2. An underground chamber.
  3. A large, dark place or space.
verb
  1. To form a cavern or deep depression in.
  2. To put into a cavern.

Pronunciation

kăv'ən /ˈkav.ən/ /ˈkav.n̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cavern.wav kăv'ərn /ˈkæv.ɚn/ /ˈkæv.ɹən/

Word forms

cavern caverns caverning caverned

Etymology

From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).

Synonyms

hollow cave

Derived words

cavernful cavernicolous cavernitis cavernlike cavernoma cavernous incaverned mesocavern
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