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cavernous

American  
[kav-er-nuhs] / ˈkæv ər nəs /

adjective

  1. being, resembling, or suggestive of a cavern.

    a vast, cavernous room.

  2. deep-set.

    cavernous eyes.

  3. hollow and deep-sounding.

    a cavernous voice.

  4. containing caverns.

  5. full of small cavities; porous.

cavernous British  
/ ˈkævənəs /

adjective

  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

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Other Word Forms

  • cavernously adverb
  • intercavernous adjective
  • uncavernous adjective
  • uncavernously adverb

Etymology

Origin of cavernous

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word cavernōsus. See cavern, -ous

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