cavernedadj.
/ˈkavənd/ 1. Having caverns; hollowed out into caverns.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [adjective] > cave > full of caverns
cavernous1447
caverned1715
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 852 Antron's watry Dens and cavern'd Ground.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 193 Blind recesses of the caverned rocks. View more context for this quotation
2. Formed as or like a cavern.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [adjective] > cave
cavy?1614
cryptic1617
cavernal1803
speluncean1803
cavernous1833
caverned1847
speluncar1855
spelaean1882
1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. vi. vii. 225 Stealing into the caverned chamber.
3. Enclosed or ensconced in a cavern.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > in or as in other specific enclosure or receptacle
chamberedc1540
housed1569
bagged1572
celled1586
arboured1606
closeteda1649
vesselled1660
cabineted1680
encysted1705
caverned1734
mounded1807
castled1821
casketed1822
styed1829
tree-embowered1866
tunnelled1901
1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 40 No cavern'd Hermit, rest self-satisfy'd.
1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xi. 140 There is rest on the surface of the caverned lake.
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