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cavern

[ kav-ern ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a cave, especially one that is large and mostly underground.
Pathology. a cavity that is produced by disease, especially one produced in the lungs by tuberculosis.

cavern

/ ˈkævən /

a cave, esp when large and formed by underground water, or a large chamber in a cave

cavern

/ kăv′ərn /

Origin of cavern¹

1325–75; Middle English caverne < Latin caverna, equivalent to cav ( us ) hollow + -erna, as in cisterna cistern

Origin of cavern¹

C14: from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus hollow; see cave ¹

The Beatles Story Museum features a replica of the Cavern Club and a Fab 4D animated cinema show.

Next door to the museum is a clone of the Cavern Club, the Beatle Café and the Sala John Lennon stand-up comedy theatre.

Her body was covered with a blanket when it was found inside a cavern of the ancient walls, obscuring it from view.

Mr. Cunningham's description of the drawings of the natives in a cavern on Clack's Island.

It was something which announced itself; a chill breath that seemed to issue from some vast cavern wherein discords waited.

I have written at least a dozen about this cavern, and I've described it without even forgetting a single sprig of moss.

But at some distance from the cavern he dropped his pipe, and on stooping to pick it up he picked up instead a little satin shoe.

Lake Luna was a-glare from the mainland to Cavern Island, and the freight boats had given over running until the spring break-up.

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