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/ˈkæv.ən/ · cav·ern
noun
- A large cave. Explorers discovered a cavern hidden behind the waterfall.
- An underground chamber. The ancient tomb was a cavern carved into the hillside.
verb
- To form a cavern or deep depression in. Erosion was caverning the cliffs over centuries.
- To put into a cavern. The miners caverned the ore into the newly dug shaft.
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Did you know? The word 'cavern' gave rise to the adjective 'cavernous', famously used to describe the deep, echoing voice of opera singer Enrico Caruso.