cavernous

[ kav-er-nuhs ]

/ ˈkæv ər nəs /

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adjective

being, resembling, or suggestive of a cavern: a vast, cavernous room.

deep-set: cavernous eyes.

hollow and deep-sounding: a cavernous voice.

containing caverns.

full of small cavities; porous.

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Origin of cavernous

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word cavernōsus.See cavern, -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM cavernous

cav·ern·ous·ly, adverbin·ter·cav·ern·ous, adjectiveun·cav·ern·ous, adjectiveun·cav·ern·ous·ly, adverb

Words nearby cavernous

caverna, cavernicolous, caverniloquy, cavernitis, cavernostomy, cavernous, cavernous angioma, cavernous artery, cavernous hemangioma, cavernous lymphangioma, cavernous nerve of clitoris

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The landscapes against which Fern’s story takes place are breathtaking and enormous — the cavernous emptiness and striking peaks and sunsets of the American West.
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The Cavaliers also committed a season-high 15 turnovers that led to 27 points in a game that got out of hand late in the first half, underscoring the cavernous gap between this season’s group and recent iterations.
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Last week, almost 150 years after the tragedy, Navy curator Jeffrey Bowdoin walked across the floor of a cavernous warehouse here and pointed out what looked like a patched-up, oversize rowboat.
Giant anchors, wrecked boats and a ‘Liberty’ clock: Inside the storage site for Navy museum|Michael Ruane|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
Instead, I was ushered into the team’s cavernous, museum-like events space in a building known as “MK-7.”
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Gathered in a cavernous underground hotel ballroom in Washington D.C., all the young people were serious and well dressed.
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Everyone inside the cavernous O2 arena in East London knew exactly what his complaint would be: This was a Dead Parrot.
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Set in a cavernous industrial-style warehouse, Psycle HQ feels like a club you want to be a part of.
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Above the matted hair that concealed the jaws and cheeks, blue eyes stared out of cavernous sockets.
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In 1971, a team of Soviet scientists was drilling at the site when their rig collapsed into a cavernous pocket of natural gas.
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Half hidden by a growth of cactus and tangled vines, yawned a dark cavernous hole.
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At times, they would pass some black cavernous entrance to unknown labyrinths, and the frightened thoughts would hurry by.
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Great bulks projected, capped by gigantic mitres or diadems, and flanked by cavernous indentations.
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Only Abrahamson, his smile broadening, his cavernous eyes alight, was free from surprise.
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I mounted the only unsealed Gnomon and shouted down into its cavernous depths.
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British Dictionary definitions for cavernous

cavernous

/ (ˈkævənəs) /

adjective

suggestive of a cavern in vastness, darkness, etccavernous hungry eyes

filled with small cavities; porous

(of rocks) containing caverns or cavities

Derived forms of cavernous

cavernously, adverb

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cavernous

[ kăv′ər-nəs ]

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Filled with cavities or hollow areas; porous.

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