: cave
especially
: one of large or indefinite extent
caverned; caverning; caverns
1
: to place in or as if in a cavern
2
: to form a cavern of : hollow
—used with out
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Noun
a cavern with beautiful stalactites
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2024
The sandstone cavern houses a historic campsite that cowboys used during cross-country cattle drives in the early Twentieth Century.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 12 July 2018
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Noun
Arizona hiking:Arizona's 10 most famous caves and caverns: Here's how to explore them
Secret Canyon
Secret Canyon lives up to its name due to its more secluded location compared to its more famous counterparts near Page.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2024
The sandstone cavern houses a historic campsite that cowboys used during cross-country cattle drives in the early Twentieth Century.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
In the hunt, scientists have erected detectors in a South Dakota cavern a mile underground, at the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia, under a mountain in Japan, and on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea.
—Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 12 July 2018
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“Cavern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavern. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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cavern
noun
cav·ern
ˈkav-ərn 
: a cavity (as in the lung) caused by disease
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