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a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a cavern with beautiful stalactites
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Recent Examples of caverns
The valley floor hums with cowbells and the distant whir of paragliders circling above alpine meadows—as Trümmelbach’s glacial torrents roar through limestone caverns.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Though no items were stolen from the store, Hutcheson said police determined Walker unlocked the door to the caverns and the store.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
In addition to three obvious places—Carlsbad, Wind Cave, and Mammoth Cave—other national parks have caverns.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 4 Apr. 2025
The valley blanketed in trees and speckled with caves and caverns combines with the peaks and hills surrounding it to create an outdoor lover’s paradise.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2025
The caverns of the mind and spirit are appealing as Neptune moves into Aries.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Prefabricated buildings erected in the underground caverns housed sleeping quarters, latrines, laboratories, a mess hall, laundry and gym.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Within these insulated caverns, temperatures can soar to 77°F (25°C)—a staggering contrast to the brutal cold above, where winter temperatures can drop below -100°F (-73°C).
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The entire operation runs almost solely on paper, each retirement file hand-processed by hundreds of workers in a limestone mine 230 feet underground who ferry pieces of paper between the caverns to put them in the right manila folder.
—Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Though no items were stolen from the store, Hutcheson said police determined Walker unlocked the door to the caverns and the store.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
In addition to three obvious places—Carlsbad, Wind Cave, and Mammoth Cave—other national parks have caverns.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 4 Apr. 2025
The valley blanketed in trees and speckled with caves and caverns combines with the peaks and hills surrounding it to create an outdoor lover’s paradise.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2025
The caverns of the mind and spirit are appealing as Neptune moves into Aries.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Prefabricated buildings erected in the underground caverns housed sleeping quarters, latrines, laboratories, a mess hall, laundry and gym.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Within these insulated caverns, temperatures can soar to 77°F (25°C)—a staggering contrast to the brutal cold above, where winter temperatures can drop below -100°F (-73°C).
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The entire operation runs almost solely on paper, each retirement file hand-processed by hundreds of workers in a limestone mine 230 feet underground who ferry pieces of paper between the caverns to put them in the right manila folder.
—Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caverns
Noun
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The landscape includes deciduous forests as well as lakes, coves, waterfalls, and caves.—
Caroline Rogers,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
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Bogong moths navigate 1000 kilometers across Australia to remote alpine caves by following the stars and Earth’s magnetic field.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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To keep things fresh, producers have ventured into hitherto uncharted baking grottoes.—
Ruby Tandoh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Caverns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caverns. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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