cavern
/ˈkav.ən/US/ˈkæv.ɚn/
cavern noun: a large cave.
Noun
cavern (plural caverns)
- A large cave.
- An underground chamber.
- In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […]...
- A large, dark place or space.
- a dark cavern of a shop
Verb
cavern (third-person singular simple present caverns, present participle caverning, simple past and past participle caverned)
- To form a cavern or deep depression in.
- catacombs caverning the hillsides
- To put into a cavern.
cavern meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
cavern in Tamil
- அடிநிலைக்குகை, அடுநிலக்குகைகள, நிலக்குடைவு, பிலம்
cavern in Urdu
- cavern; cave
- غار ġār
cavern in Bengali
- গুহা
cavern in Telugu
- cavern, grotto
- గవి gavi
More languagesFewer languages
- cavern in Malayalam
- ഗുഹ, ആഴത്തിലുള്ള ഗുഹ
- cavern in Kannada
- ನೆಲಗವಿ
- cavern in Punjabi
- ਕੰਦਰਾ kandrā
- cavern in Sanskrit
- बल balá
Examples of cavern in a sentence
- The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
- The reverberation that followed Marilyn's shout filled the cavern.
- Intellectually, Ibanez had understood that there would be a lot of caverns.
Synonyms of cavern
Forms of cavern
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | caverns |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | caverns |
| present participle | caverning |
| past participle | caverned |
| past | caverned |
Origin of cavern
From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).
Words formed from cavern
Words that rhyme with cavern
Questions about cavern
- What does cavern mean?
- Cavern means a large cave.
- What is cavern in Tamil?
- Cavern in Tamil is அடிநிலைக்குகை, அடுநிலக்குகைகள, நிலக்குடைவு. See Cavern meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cavern?
- Cavern can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cavern?
- Cavern is pronounced /ˈkav.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cavern?
- The plural of cavern is caverns.
Words near cavern in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cavern (page history and authors); cavern (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); غار (Urdu) (page history and authors); cavern (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); గవి (Telugu) (page history and authors); cavern (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cavern (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕੰਦਰਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); बल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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