cavern
/ˈkav(ə)n
/noun
1A large cave or chamber in a cave.The cavern is a natural cave carved into the rock by the sea, and widened into an underground canal by human hands....
- Our group spent a whirlwind two days diving the islands and experienced the full gamut of the caverns, caves and reefs that make up the Poor Knights experience.
- Dominated by the spectacular natural arch called the Azure Window, its caves and caverns are among the most scenic dives I have encountered.
Synonyms
large cave, grotto, hollow, cavity, underground chamber, gallery, tunnel, dugout
1.1A large, dark place or space: a dark cavern of a shop...
- The potential of this great sport, you realised, to reach across barriers and to create ties of friendship, even from the darkest caverns of hatred, was unparalleled.
- The sky was a dark cavern clustered with a few stars, its surface lit occasionally by a spurt of colour stretching out from a firework just released.
- Healy eventually arrived in a dark cavern, lined with boxes.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French caverne or from Latin caverna, from cavus 'hollow'. Compare with cave1.
Rhymes
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