cavern

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A large cave.
  2. An underground chamber.
  3. A large, dark place or space.
    a dark cavern of a shop

verb

  1. (transitive) To form a cavern or deep depression in.
    catacombs caverning the hillsides
  2. (transitive) To put into a cavern.

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