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[ kav-er-nuhs ] / ˈkæv ər nəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cavernous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebeing, 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. Origin of cavernousFirst recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word cavernōsus.See cavern, -ous OTHER WORDS FROM cavernouscav·ern·ous·ly, adverbin·ter·cav·ern·ous, adjectiveun·cav·ern·ous, adjectiveun·cav·ern·ous·ly, adverbWords nearby cavernouscaverna, cavernicolous, caverniloquy, cavernitis, cavernostomy, cavernous, cavernous angioma, cavernous artery, cavernous hemangioma, cavernous lymphangioma, cavernous nerve of clitoris Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cavernousGathered in a cavernous underground hotel ballroom in Washington D.C., all the young people were serious and well dressed. Why The Values Voter Summit Isn't Any Fun|Ben Jacobs|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Everyone inside the cavernous O2 arena in East London knew exactly what his complaint would be: This was a Dead Parrot. Monty Python Forgot Their Lines on Opening Night, but Who Cares?|Nico Hines|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Set in a cavernous industrial-style warehouse, Psycle HQ feels like a club you want to be a part of. London’s Own Badass SoulCycle|Emma Woolf|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Above the matted hair that concealed the jaws and cheeks, blue eyes stared out of cavernous sockets. Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In 1971, a team of Soviet scientists was drilling at the site when their rig collapsed into a cavernous pocket of natural gas. A Fiery Pit Rages in the Turkmenistan Desert|Nina Strochlic|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST On witnessing the signal, Oswald quickly mounts the tree, and disappears in its cavernous recesses. The Last of the Vikings|John Bowling Both looked down into the cavernous tube that he indicated, and both started back in surprise and fear. ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands;|Hezekiah Butterworth The cavernous seats of the lounge were all occupied, but he did not pause as he strode through the hall. The Valiants of Virginia|Hallie Erminie Rives But what variety there is to be found in those swelling, lengthened, flattened, or cavernous forms! Paul and Virginia|Bernardin de Saint Pierre "Don't touch me, Georgie," he muttered, and the voice sounded unequal and cavernous. The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3)|Charles James Wills
British Dictionary definitions for cavernous
adjectivesuggestive of a cavern in vastness, darkness, etccavernous hungry eyes filled with small cavities; porous (of rocks) containing caverns or cavities Derived forms of cavernouscavernously, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cavernoushuge, spacious, gaping, vast, roomy, yawning, broad, commodious, concave, deep, resonant, sepulchral, sunken, wide, alveolate, chambered, chasmal, deep-set, echoing, reverberant Medical definitions for cavernous
adj.Filled with cavities or hollow areas; porous. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |