Definition of cavern in English:

cavern

noun ˈkav(ə)nˈkævərn

1A large cave or chamber in a cave.
Example sentencesExamples
- We can't wait to go back and see one of the other four caverns, Blue John Cavern but we need to give the legs a rest first!
- I feel like I am shouting into a huge empty cavern.
- Dominated by the spectacular natural arch called the Azure Window, its caves and caverns are among the most scenic dives I have encountered.
- The challenge was to abseil through a vertical fissure, with lights off, into a large underground cavern.
- Our group spent a whirlwind two days diving the islands and experienced the full gamut of the caverns, caves and reefs that make up the Poor Knights experience.
- The cavern is a natural cave carved into the rock by the sea, and widened into an underground canal by human hands.
- The far end of the cavern narrowed into another tunnel, and they ran for it.
- Yesterday these tunnels and caverns had seemed wonderful, but now the walls felt stifling and oppressive.
- One or two small tunnels also exist within the walls, leading perhaps to other caverns or cave complexes, or to nowhere at all.
- What drew these artists into sunless caverns and tunnels sometimes less than a metre high has been the subject of vigorous argument.
- Today, it is a hollow cavern offering a grim sanctuary for families displaced by their country's unending war.
- Further down the cavern is the St. Joseph's Cave, where Joseph had a dream in which an angel warned him to flee to Egypt.
- It boasts a cavern and a shaft for certified cave divers, although anyone is permitted to snorkel and free dive the site.
- Tunnels and caverns deep below the snowy-white building were the safest place for storing valuables.
- "Sounds like water, " Thaniel replied as they entered a large cavern.
- While caves and caverns are characteristic features of karst areas, not all karst areas have caves.
- As you move further into the cave there's a smaller cavern off to the right where you can see graffiti that dates back to the 16th century.
- I found myself alone, standing at the entrance to a yawning limestone cavern, dazzled by dawning sunlight.
- Through the tunnels we went, until we entered a large cavern.
- We are guided on this dive by Morne, a veteran of the lake who seems to have an uncanny knowledge of where all the best caverns and hollows are located.
Synonyms
large cave, grotto, hollow, cavity, underground chamber, gallery, tunnel, dugout
1. 1.1 A large, dark place or space.
  a dark cavern of a shop
  Example sentencesExamples
  The sky was a dark cavern clustered with a few stars, its surface lit occasionally by a spurt of colour stretching out from a firework just released.
  Green lasers fire wire frame shapes across the dark, immense cavern of the Apollo.
  Visit the Cathedrales Englouties, vast concrete caverns created in the construction of the La Defense business district to the west of Paris.
  Healy eventually arrived in a dark cavern, lined with boxes.
  With all rear seats in place, the boot is quite small but soon transforms into a vast cavern.
  His and Dr. Powers' footfalls on the sidewalk were loud and vaguely hollow in the caverns of the cobbled street.
  The sky was the roof of a vast cavern from which there was no escape.
  It's like you're finally emerging from the deep, dark cavern of your own mind.
  The mind of the average politician seems to be a dark cavern of half truths, distortions and power crazy psychosis to the ordinary person in the street.
  The play takes a look at the human urge to avoid looking into the vast caverns of some of life's more unanswerable questions.
  The clear glazing admits generous daylight into the main gym hall below, transforming the huge space into a welcoming, luminous cavern.
  The potential of this great sport, you realised, to reach across barriers and to create ties of friendship, even from the darkest caverns of hatred, was unparalleled.
  Whatever it was, she soared easily back into the wide chamber, up the steps, and out into the vast cavern where the city should have been and wasn't.
  Peering from the dark cavern created by the overhanging hull was a huge lobster, waving deep blue pincers at us as we filed respectfully past.
  The world is too unpredictable an arena, the mind of the wicked too dark a cavern.
  They were cumbersome, propelled by poles, and their interiors were dark caverns.
  Lydia could feel herself falling swiftly into the dark blue caverns of Gerhard's eyes as she let herself be lulled by his painfully true words.
  For all I knew, God partook of our sins and laughed in secret from the dark caverns of the rubber plantations, exulting shamelessly in his double-facedness.
  In some deep, dark cavern of his mind, Austin knew he had lost something too.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French caverne or from Latin caverna, from cavus 'hollow'. Compare with cave¹.

Rhymes

Avon, Cavan, raven, tavern

Definition of cavern in US English:

cavern

nounˈkævərnˈkavərn

1A cave, or a chamber in a cave, typically a large one.
Example sentencesExamples
- As you move further into the cave there's a smaller cavern off to the right where you can see graffiti that dates back to the 16th century.
- Today, it is a hollow cavern offering a grim sanctuary for families displaced by their country's unending war.
- Further down the cavern is the St. Joseph's Cave, where Joseph had a dream in which an angel warned him to flee to Egypt.
- "Sounds like water, " Thaniel replied as they entered a large cavern.
- The far end of the cavern narrowed into another tunnel, and they ran for it.
- The cavern is a natural cave carved into the rock by the sea, and widened into an underground canal by human hands.
- We can't wait to go back and see one of the other four caverns, Blue John Cavern but we need to give the legs a rest first!
- Dominated by the spectacular natural arch called the Azure Window, its caves and caverns are among the most scenic dives I have encountered.
- While caves and caverns are characteristic features of karst areas, not all karst areas have caves.
- Yesterday these tunnels and caverns had seemed wonderful, but now the walls felt stifling and oppressive.
- Tunnels and caverns deep below the snowy-white building were the safest place for storing valuables.
- I feel like I am shouting into a huge empty cavern.
- We are guided on this dive by Morne, a veteran of the lake who seems to have an uncanny knowledge of where all the best caverns and hollows are located.
- What drew these artists into sunless caverns and tunnels sometimes less than a metre high has been the subject of vigorous argument.
- It boasts a cavern and a shaft for certified cave divers, although anyone is permitted to snorkel and free dive the site.
- The challenge was to abseil through a vertical fissure, with lights off, into a large underground cavern.
- I found myself alone, standing at the entrance to a yawning limestone cavern, dazzled by dawning sunlight.
- One or two small tunnels also exist within the walls, leading perhaps to other caverns or cave complexes, or to nowhere at all.
- Through the tunnels we went, until we entered a large cavern.
- Our group spent a whirlwind two days diving the islands and experienced the full gamut of the caverns, caves and reefs that make up the Poor Knights experience.
Synonyms
large cave, grotto, hollow, cavity, underground chamber, gallery, tunnel, dugout
1. 1.1 Used in similes and comparisons to refer to a vast, dark space.
  the dark cavern of the main performance hall
  rouses me from the cavern of sleep
  Example sentencesExamples
  In some deep, dark cavern of his mind, Austin knew he had lost something too.
  The mind of the average politician seems to be a dark cavern of half truths, distortions and power crazy psychosis to the ordinary person in the street.
  It's like you're finally emerging from the deep, dark cavern of your own mind.
  The clear glazing admits generous daylight into the main gym hall below, transforming the huge space into a welcoming, luminous cavern.
  Visit the Cathedrales Englouties, vast concrete caverns created in the construction of the La Defense business district to the west of Paris.
  With all rear seats in place, the boot is quite small but soon transforms into a vast cavern.
  Peering from the dark cavern created by the overhanging hull was a huge lobster, waving deep blue pincers at us as we filed respectfully past.
  The play takes a look at the human urge to avoid looking into the vast caverns of some of life's more unanswerable questions.
  His and Dr. Powers' footfalls on the sidewalk were loud and vaguely hollow in the caverns of the cobbled street.
  The sky was a dark cavern clustered with a few stars, its surface lit occasionally by a spurt of colour stretching out from a firework just released.
  Whatever it was, she soared easily back into the wide chamber, up the steps, and out into the vast cavern where the city should have been and wasn't.
  Lydia could feel herself falling swiftly into the dark blue caverns of Gerhard's eyes as she let herself be lulled by his painfully true words.
  The potential of this great sport, you realised, to reach across barriers and to create ties of friendship, even from the darkest caverns of hatred, was unparalleled.
  The world is too unpredictable an arena, the mind of the wicked too dark a cavern.
  Healy eventually arrived in a dark cavern, lined with boxes.
  Green lasers fire wire frame shapes across the dark, immense cavern of the Apollo.
  They were cumbersome, propelled by poles, and their interiors were dark caverns.
  For all I knew, God partook of our sins and laughed in secret from the dark caverns of the rubber plantations, exulting shamelessly in his double-facedness.
  The sky was the roof of a vast cavern from which there was no escape.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French caverne or from Latin caverna, from cavus ‘hollow’. Compare with cave.

单词	cavern
释义	Definition of cavern in English: cavern noun ˈkav(ə)nˈkævərn 1A large cave or chamber in a cave. Example sentencesExamples We can't wait to go back and see one of the other four caverns, Blue John Cavern but we need to give the legs a rest first! I feel like I am shouting into a huge empty cavern. Dominated by the spectacular natural arch called the Azure Window, its caves and caverns are among the most scenic dives I have encountered. The challenge was to abseil through a vertical fissure, with lights off, into a large underground cavern. Our group spent a whirlwind two days diving the islands and experienced the full gamut of the caverns, caves and reefs that make up the Poor Knights experience. The cavern is a natural cave carved into the rock by the sea, and widened into an underground canal by human hands. The far end of the cavern narrowed into another tunnel, and they ran for it. Yesterday these tunnels and caverns had seemed wonderful, but now the walls felt stifling and oppressive. One or two small tunnels also exist within the walls, leading perhaps to other caverns or cave complexes, or to nowhere at all. What drew these artists into sunless caverns and tunnels sometimes less than a metre high has been the subject of vigorous argument. Today, it is a hollow cavern offering a grim sanctuary for families displaced by their country's unending war. Further down the cavern is the St. Joseph's Cave, where Joseph had a dream in which an angel warned him to flee to Egypt. It boasts a cavern and a shaft for certified cave divers, although anyone is permitted to snorkel and free dive the site. Tunnels and caverns deep below the snowy-white building were the safest place for storing valuables. "Sounds like water, " Thaniel replied as they entered a large cavern. While caves and caverns are characteristic features of karst areas, not all karst areas have caves. As you move further into the cave there's a smaller cavern off to the right where you can see graffiti that dates back to the 16th century. I found myself alone, standing at the entrance to a yawning limestone cavern, dazzled by dawning sunlight. Through the tunnels we went, until we entered a large cavern. We are guided on this dive by Morne, a veteran of the lake who seems to have an uncanny knowledge of where all the best caverns and hollows are located. Synonyms large cave, grotto, hollow, cavity, underground chamber, gallery, tunnel, dugout 1.1 A large, dark place or space. a dark cavern of a shop Example sentencesExamples The sky was a dark cavern clustered with a few stars, its surface lit occasionally by a spurt of colour stretching out from a firework just released. Green lasers fire wire frame shapes across the dark, immense cavern of the Apollo. Visit the Cathedrales Englouties, vast concrete caverns created in the construction of the La Defense business district to the west of Paris. Healy eventually arrived in a dark cavern, lined with boxes. With all rear seats in place, the boot is quite small but soon transforms into a vast cavern. His and Dr. Powers' footfalls on the sidewalk were loud and vaguely hollow in the caverns of the cobbled street. The sky was the roof of a vast cavern from which there was no escape. It's like you're finally emerging from the deep, dark cavern of your own mind. The mind of the average politician seems to be a dark cavern of half truths, distortions and power crazy psychosis to the ordinary person in the street. The play takes a look at the human urge to avoid looking into the vast caverns of some of life's more unanswerable questions. The clear glazing admits generous daylight into the main gym hall below, transforming the huge space into a welcoming, luminous cavern. The potential of this great sport, you realised, to reach across barriers and to create ties of friendship, even from the darkest caverns of hatred, was unparalleled. Whatever it was, she soared easily back into the wide chamber, up the steps, and out into the vast cavern where the city should have been and wasn't. Peering from the dark cavern created by the overhanging hull was a huge lobster, waving deep blue pincers at us as we filed respectfully past. The world is too unpredictable an arena, the mind of the wicked too dark a cavern. They were cumbersome, propelled by poles, and their interiors were dark caverns. Lydia could feel herself falling swiftly into the dark blue caverns of Gerhard's eyes as she let herself be lulled by his painfully true words. For all I knew, God partook of our sins and laughed in secret from the dark caverns of the rubber plantations, exulting shamelessly in his double-facedness. In some deep, dark cavern of his mind, Austin knew he had lost something too. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French caverne or from Latin caverna, from cavus 'hollow'. Compare with cave¹. Rhymes Avon, Cavan, raven, tavern Definition of cavern in US English: cavern nounˈkævərnˈkavərn 1A cave, or a chamber in a cave, typically a large one. Example sentencesExamples As you move further into the cave there's a smaller cavern off to the right where you can see graffiti that dates back to the 16th century. Today, it is a hollow cavern offering a grim sanctuary for families displaced by their country's unending war. Further down the cavern is the St. Joseph's Cave, where Joseph had a dream in which an angel warned him to flee to Egypt. "Sounds like water, " Thaniel replied as they entered a large cavern. The far end of the cavern narrowed into another tunnel, and they ran for it. The cavern is a natural cave carved into the rock by the sea, and widened into an underground canal by human hands. We can't wait to go back and see one of the other four caverns, Blue John Cavern but we need to give the legs a rest first! Dominated by the spectacular natural arch called the Azure Window, its caves and caverns are among the most scenic dives I have encountered. While caves and caverns are characteristic features of karst areas, not all karst areas have caves. Yesterday these tunnels and caverns had seemed wonderful, but now the walls felt stifling and oppressive. Tunnels and caverns deep below the snowy-white building were the safest place for storing valuables. I feel like I am shouting into a huge empty cavern. We are guided on this dive by Morne, a veteran of the lake who seems to have an uncanny knowledge of where all the best caverns and hollows are located. What drew these artists into sunless caverns and tunnels sometimes less than a metre high has been the subject of vigorous argument. It boasts a cavern and a shaft for certified cave divers, although anyone is permitted to snorkel and free dive the site. The challenge was to abseil through a vertical fissure, with lights off, into a large underground cavern. I found myself alone, standing at the entrance to a yawning limestone cavern, dazzled by dawning sunlight. One or two small tunnels also exist within the walls, leading perhaps to other caverns or cave complexes, or to nowhere at all. Through the tunnels we went, until we entered a large cavern. Our group spent a whirlwind two days diving the islands and experienced the full gamut of the caverns, caves and reefs that make up the Poor Knights experience. Synonyms large cave, grotto, hollow, cavity, underground chamber, gallery, tunnel, dugout 1.1 Used in similes and comparisons to refer to a vast, dark space. the dark cavern of the main performance hall rouses me from the cavern of sleep Example sentencesExamples In some deep, dark cavern of his mind, Austin knew he had lost something too. The mind of the average politician seems to be a dark cavern of half truths, distortions and power crazy psychosis to the ordinary person in the street. It's like you're finally emerging from the deep, dark cavern of your own mind. The clear glazing admits generous daylight into the main gym hall below, transforming the huge space into a welcoming, luminous cavern. Visit the Cathedrales Englouties, vast concrete caverns created in the construction of the La Defense business district to the west of Paris. With all rear seats in place, the boot is quite small but soon transforms into a vast cavern. Peering from the dark cavern created by the overhanging hull was a huge lobster, waving deep blue pincers at us as we filed respectfully past. The play takes a look at the human urge to avoid looking into the vast caverns of some of life's more unanswerable questions. His and Dr. Powers' footfalls on the sidewalk were loud and vaguely hollow in the caverns of the cobbled street. The sky was a dark cavern clustered with a few stars, its surface lit occasionally by a spurt of colour stretching out from a firework just released. Whatever it was, she soared easily back into the wide chamber, up the steps, and out into the vast cavern where the city should have been and wasn't. Lydia could feel herself falling swiftly into the dark blue caverns of Gerhard's eyes as she let herself be lulled by his painfully true words. The potential of this great sport, you realised, to reach across barriers and to create ties of friendship, even from the darkest caverns of hatred, was unparalleled. The world is too unpredictable an arena, the mind of the wicked too dark a cavern. Healy eventually arrived in a dark cavern, lined with boxes. Green lasers fire wire frame shapes across the dark, immense cavern of the Apollo. They were cumbersome, propelled by poles, and their interiors were dark caverns. For all I knew, God partook of our sins and laughed in secret from the dark caverns of the rubber plantations, exulting shamelessly in his double-facedness. The sky was the roof of a vast cavern from which there was no escape. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French caverne or from Latin caverna, from cavus ‘hollow’. Compare with cave.
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