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1. (n.) cavern
a cave, esp. one that is large and mostly underground.
2. (v.t.) cavern
to enclose in or as if in a cavern.
3. cavern
to form a cavern of (often fol. by out).
Etymology: (1325–75; ME caverne < L caverna=cav(us) hollow +-erna, as in cisternacistern)
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1. (noun) cavern
any large dark enclosed space
"his eyes were dark caverns"
2. (verb) cavern
a large cave or a large chamber in a cave
3. (verb) cavern, cavern out
hollow out as if making a cavern
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1. (noun) cavern
a large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave
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Sense: a large cave.
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 Afrikaans: grot, spelonk |
 Arabic: كَهْفٌ كَبير |
 Bulgarian: голяма пещера |
 Brazilian: caverna |
 Czech: jeskyně (veliká) |
 German: die Höhle |
 Danish: grotte; hule |
 Greek: σπήλαιο |
 Spanish: caverna |
 Estonian: koobas |
 Farsi: غار بزرگ |
 Finnish: suuri luola |
 French: caverne |
 Hebrew: מְעֲרָה |
 Hindi: बड़ी गुफा |
 Croatian: špilja |
 Hungarian: barlang |
 Indonesian: gua besar |
 Icelandic: stór hellir |
 Italian: caverna |
 Japanese: 洞穴 |
 Korean: 큰 동굴 |
 Lithuanian: urvas |
 Latvian: (liela, dziļa) ala |
 Malay: gua besar |
 Dutch: spelonk |
 Norwegian: stor hule |
 Polish: pieczara |
 Persian: غار بزرگ |
 Pashto: سمڅ، غار: (دغره) په سمڅه |
 Portuguese: caverna |
 Romanian: cavernă |
 Russian: большая пещера |
 Slovak: jaskyňa |
 Slovenian: votlina |
 Serbian: pećina |
 Swedish: grotta, håla |
 Thai: ถ้ำขนาดใหญ่ |
 Turkish: büyük mağara |
 Taiwanese: 大洞穴 |
 Ukrainian: печера |
 Urdu: ایک بڑی غار |
 Vietnamese: động |
 Chinese: 大洞穴 |
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