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caverns

/ˈkæ.və(ɹ)nz/

caverns is the plural of cavern.

Meaning of cavern

Noun

cavern (plural caverns)

  1. A large cave.
  2. 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. […]...
  3. A large, dark place or space.
    • a dark cavern of a shop

See all 5 meanings of cavern

Questions about caverns

What is caverns the plural of?
Caverns is the plural of cavern.
How do you pronounce caverns?
Caverns is pronounced /ˈkæ.və(ɹ)nz/.

Words near caverns in the dictionary

  1. cavernous nerve
  2. cavernous nerves
  3. cavernous sinus
  4. cavernous sinuses
  5. cavernously
  6. caverns
  7. cavernula
  8. cavernulae
  9. cavernulous
  10. Cavero
  11. Caveros

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