Definition of cavern
: cave;
especially
: one of large or indefinite extent
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a cavern with beautiful stalactites
Recent Examples of cavern from the Web
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This prevents water from doing more damage, often through the freeze-thaw phenomenon of winter that turns cracks into caverns.
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Previous April Fools' Day announcements have included the signing of an orchestra violist to the Cavaliers and the discovery of a vast system of caverns and underground waterways beneath Severance Hall.
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A few of the hardier types continued on into the mountains and caverns near Skyline Drive; the majority sought the reassurances of civilization that the small city could provide.
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Either would have led the Giants, although both will lose some in the caverns of right-center field at AT&T Park.
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Though this limestone cavern dives over 400 feet deep below the Mojave Desert, the inch-long fish live in just the upper 80 feet of the pool.
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The addition of the suite is not the first time the cavern has been repurposed.
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The caverns created between big-city buildings are particularly susceptible to inaccuracy.
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The virtual reality experience is highlights of a caverns tour, showing 260-million-year-old formations found up to 175 feet below the surface of the earth.
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Origin and Etymology of cavern
Middle English caverne, from Medieval French, from Latin caverna, from cavus
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined above
See Words from the same yearDefinition of cavern
1
: to place in or as if in a cavern
2
: to form a cavern of : hollow
—used with out
First Known Use of cavern
circa 1630
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Definition of cavern for Students
: a cave often of large or unknown size
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of cavern
: a cavity (as in the lung) caused by disease
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