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cavernous
/ ˈkævənəs /
adjective
- suggestive of a cavern in vastness, darkness, etc
cavernous hungry eyes
- filled with small cavities; porous
- (of rocks) containing caverns or cavities
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Derived Forms
- ˈcavernously, adverb
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Other Words From
- cavern·ous·ly adverb
- inter·cavern·ous adjective
- un·cavern·ous adjective
- un·cavern·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cavernous1
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Example Sentences
Gathered in a cavernous underground hotel ballroom in Washington D.C., all the young people were serious and well dressed.
Everyone inside the cavernous O2 arena in East London knew exactly what his complaint would be: This was a Dead Parrot.
Set in a cavernous industrial-style warehouse, Psycle HQ feels like a club you want to be a part of.
Above the matted hair that concealed the jaws and cheeks, blue eyes stared out of cavernous sockets.
In 1971, a team of Soviet scientists was drilling at the site when their rig collapsed into a cavernous pocket of natural gas.
Half hidden by a growth of cactus and tangled vines, yawned a dark cavernous hole.
At times, they would pass some black cavernous entrance to unknown labyrinths, and the frightened thoughts would hurry by.
Great bulks projected, capped by gigantic mitres or diadems, and flanked by cavernous indentations.
Only Abrahamson, his smile broadening, his cavernous eyes alight, was free from surprise.
I mounted the only unsealed Gnomon and shouted down into its cavernous depths.
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