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Plural of cavern

regular plural

The plural of cavern is caverns.

Forms of cavern

Singularcavern /ˈkav.ən/
Pluralcaverns /ˈkæ.və(ɹ)nz/
Countablecountable

Caverns in a sentence

  • Intellectually, Ibanez had understood that there would be a lot of caverns.2023 October 10, HarryBlank, “The Cruelest Fight”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024. From the entry ipso facto
  • Some were small and held only a few persons, others were great caverns with room for thousands.1944, James Keller, Meyer Berger, Men of Maryknoll, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pages 153–154. From the entry Kweilin
  • "Flowering shrubs don't thrive in the subterranean caverns from which geysers spring," suggested Bradley.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp.…. From the entry beats me
  • The dwarves were supposed to be wondersmiths, hammering out marvelous things in their caverns—and the giants built huge stone castles.2016, Christopher Stasheff, A Wizard in Midgard. From the entry wondersmith
  • Here are polished concrete caverns, complex timber roofs, fairy-tale-like committee rooms and private offices to read fairy tales in.2004 May 31, Jonathan Glancey, “Reassuringly expensive”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN…. From the entry fairy-tale-like

Meaning of cavern

  1. noun A large cave.
  2. noun An underground chamber.
  3. noun A large, dark place or space.

Full definition of cavern

Questions about the plural of cavern

What is the plural of cavern?
The plural of cavern is caverns.
Is cavern countable?
Cavern is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cavern (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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