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Vinony

cavern

noun

  1. subterranea
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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkav.ən/ / /ˈkav.n̩/ / /ˈkæv.ɚn/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).

  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.”

  3. A large, dark place or space.

    “a dark cavern of a shop”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).

  1. To form a cavern or deep depression in.

    “catacombs caverning the hillsides”

  2. To put into a cavern.