Definition of cavern

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Cavern (n.) A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave..

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Cavernous :: Cavernous (a.) Filled with small cavities or cells.
Incaverned :: Incaverned (a.) Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern.
Roof :: Roof (n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth..
Den :: Den (n.) A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers..
Blowhole :: Blowhole (n.) A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity..
Cavernous :: Cavernous (a.) Having a sound caused by a cavity.
Stalagmitic :: Stalagmite (n.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material..
Cavernulous :: Cavernulous (a.) Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal..
Intercavernous :: Intercavernous (a.) Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain..
Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere..
Antrum :: Antrum (n.) A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus.
Spelunc :: Spelunc (n.) A cavern; a cave.
Souterrain :: Souterrain (n.) A grotto or cavern under ground.
Resonance :: Resonance (n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments..
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy..
Hollow :: Hollow (n.) A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree..
Cavernous :: Cavernous (a.) Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
Grotto :: Grotto (n.) A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment..
Antre :: Antre (n.) A cavern.
Caverned :: Caverned (a.) Living in a cavern.
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