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cavern

/ˈkav.ən/ UK
/ˈkav.n̩/ UK
/ˈkæv.ɚn/ US
/ˈkæv.ɹən/ US

Rhymes with -ævə(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).

noun caverns

A large cave.
An underground chamber. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
A large, dark place or space. a dark cavern of a shop

verb caverns · caverning · caverned

transitive To form a cavern or deep depression in. catacombs caverning the hillsides
Similar: hollow, cave
transitive To put into a cavern.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cavern out, antre, grotto, cave-in, cave, hole, cavity, hollow, grot, burrow, pothole, niche, recess, chamber, vault, tunnel

Translations

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noun large cave

Español	caverna
中文	大山洞 dà shāndòng
Português	caverna
Français	caverne, grotte
Deutsch	große Höhle, Grotte
Română	cavernă, peșteră, grotă
Русский	пеще́ра peščéra, грот grot

noun underground chamber

Español	caverna
中文	地下深處 /地下深处 dìxià shēnchù
Português	caverna
Deutsch	Kaverne
Русский	каве́рна kavérna

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@misc{cavern_2026,
  title = {cavern},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cavern},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}