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Noun: cavern  ka-vu(r)n
  1. A large cave or a large chamber in a cave
    "The explorers discovered a vast cavern filled with stalactites"; "The tour group marveled at the echoes in the underground cavern"
     
  2. Any large dark enclosed space
    "his eyes were dark caverns"
Verb: cavern  ka-vu(r)n
  1. Hollow out as if making a cavern
    "The water had caverned out the limestone cliff";
    - cavern out

Derived forms: caverns, caverning, caverned

Type of: cave, core out, enclosure, hollow, hollow out, natural enclosure

Encyclopedia: Cavern