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cavernous

[kav-er-nuhs]

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adjective

being, resembling, or suggestive of a cavern: a vast, cavernous room.

deep-set: cavernous eyes.

hollow and deep-sounding: a cavernous voice.

containing caverns.

full of small cavities; porous.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cavernōsus. See cavern, -ous

Related forms

cav·ern·ous·ly, adverb

in·ter·cav·ern·ous, adjective

un·cav·ern·ous, adjective

un·cav·ern·ous·ly, adverb

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Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a blood clot in the cavernous sinus.

It offers fashion shows in its cavernous hangar bay.

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Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a blood clot in the cavernous sinus.

It offers fashion shows in its cavernous hangar bay.

Then they open their cavernous maws to let the currents sweep food straight in.

Sure there were cavernous showrooms, hordes of gadget-lusting revelers and rampant consumerism.

There, they encounter a cavernous warehouse filled with weird artifacts stored over the past century by the federal government.

The factory managers say the planes' cavernous holds are empty when they land.

They are both wearing masks: hers has cavernous eyeholes and a protuberant nose, while his has a long, sad nose.

Our cavernous helicopter had lost one of its ceiling panels.

Piles of studies fill the cavernous gap between the have and have-nots in this country.

It was an unexploited market niche of cavernous proportions: upwards of one-hundredth of one percent of the population.

The exhibition hall was not in one of the cavernous museums that dot this city's landscape.

The accelerator is housed in tunnels built underground that emerge into cavernous experimental halls.

She led us into the cavernous dome that forms the heart of the base.

The floor shuddered and started to quiver as a roar filled the cavernous hall.

The cavernous main dining room has been divided into smaller areas, including one tiered level.

Most obvious is the building boom that has turned many neighborhoods into a maze of cavernous holes and tall yellow cranes.

The large, cavernous room in the rear serves as the setting for live entertainment.

Huge plasma screens hang from the ceiling of the cavernous space to provide.

The cavernous sinus is a cavity at the base of the brain that contains a vein, several nerves, and.

The loop is intersected by four cavernous experimental halls where beams of.

He was in a vast, cavernous studio and was hanging from the ceiling in a harness, far above the stage.

Fukumoto said that he knew of no connection between the use of performance-enhancing drugs and cavernous angioma.

Racks of clothes with the names of models attached to them filled the cavernous dressing area.

Erectile tissue is rich in tiny pools of blood vessels called cavernous sinuses.

Just beyond is a cavernous open area filled with empty desks.

The crowd then headed off to a reception at a cavernous armory in downtown.

Just beyond is a cavernous open area filled with empty.

He can still stir the small crowds who on weekends hear him preach in the cavernous auditorium.

The bus dropped us in the center of town, close to the mouth of a cavernous tunnel.

It was shot on elaborate sets in a cavernous airplane hangar in.

In a less cavernous room the results might have been haunting.

Rowena is imprisoned by the three in a cavernous garage where she is drugged, handcuffed, blindfolded and gagged.

Many of its colonial buildings with cavernous breezeways have collapsed.

Keep this bright, cavernous sandwich shop in mind when you're looking for healthy, fast food to eat in or take out.

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World English Dictionary

cavernous (ˈkævənəs)

—*adj*
1.	suggestive of a cavern in vastness, darkness, etc: cavernous hungry eyes
2.	filled with small cavities; porous
3.	(of rocks) containing caverns or cavities

'cavernously

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

cavernous

1447, "full of caverns," from L. cavernosus, from caverna (see cavern). Meaning "hollow" is recorded from 1830.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

cavernous cav·ern·ous (kāv'ər-nəs)
adj.
Filled with cavities or hollow areas; porous.

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