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Examples of cavern in a Sentence
a cavern with beautiful stalactites
Recent Examples of cavern from the Web
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The last time the Twins swept the Indians in a three-game set in Cleveland, the Indians played in an oft-empty cavern known as Municipal Stadium.
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From there, visitors float directly into the caverns.
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It was created in the 1950s when rubber mallets were strategically placed on 37 stalactites across three and a half acres of the caverns.
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The best caving sinks beneath North Alabama, where limestone has eroded away, leaving underground caverns, streams, and even waterfalls.
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Only when the large volumes of water dissipated through the cavern’s lower fissures could Mother Nature’s interior design process begin.
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And in Germany a utility pumps underground caverns full of compressed air.
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There was quite a cavern there over the sewer trench.
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Wadi Rum, Jordan This UNESCO World Heritage site in southern Jordan has a varied landscape of cliffs, caverns, narrow gorges, natural arches, and Mars-like red sand.
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Origin and Etymology of cavern
Middle English caverne, from Medieval French, from Latin caverna, from cavus
cavern
Definition of cavern
transitive verb
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
CAVERN Defined for English Language Learners
CAVERN Defined for Kids
cavern
playDefinition of cavern for Students
: a cave often of large or unknown size
Medical Dictionary
cavern
playMedical Definition of cavern
: a cavity (as in the lung) caused by disease
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