cavern

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: cav=ern

CIDE DICTIONARY

cavern, n. [L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. caverne.].

 A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cavern, n.
1 a cave, esp. a large or dark one.
2 a dark cavelike place, e.g. a room.

Derivative

cavernous adj. cavernously adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF caverne or f. L caverna f. cavus hollow

THESAURUS

cavern

abri, antre, bunker, burrow, cave, cove, dugout, foxhole, grot, grotto, hole, lair, sewer, subterrane, subterranean, subway, tunnel, warren

ROGET THESAURUS

cavern

Concavity

N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.