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 Definitions of cavernous  [ˈkæv ər nəs]  

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Definition of 'cavernous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) cavernous
being or resembling a cavern:
a cavernous room.

2.  cavernous
deep-set.

3.  cavernous
hollow and deep-sounding:
a cavernous voice.

4.  cavernous
containing caverns.

5.  cavernous
full of small cavities; porous.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L)

Definition of 'cavernous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) cavernous
being or suggesting a cavern
"vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"

2. (adj) erectile, cavernous
filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
"erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ"


Definition of 'cavernous' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) cavernous
full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow

2. (adj) cavernous
filled with small cavities or cells

3. (adj) cavernous
having a sound caused by a cavity


Translation of 'cavernous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: huge and hollow
a cavernous hole.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: spelonkagtig Arabic flag Arabic: كَهْفي، كَبيرٌ ومُجَوَّف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вдлъбнат
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cavernoso Czech flag Czech: rozsáhlý German flag German: tiefliegend
Danish flag Danish: rummelig; mægtig Greek flag Greek: σπηλαιώδης Spanish flag Spanish: cavernoso
Estonian flag Estonian: haigutav Farsi flag Farsi: غار مانند Finnish flag Finnish: luolamainen
French flag French: caverneux Hebrew flag Hebrew: כְּמוֹ מְעֲרָה Hindi flag Hindi: खोखला, कंदरामय
Croatian flag Croatian: punšpilja Hungarian flag Hungarian: üreges Indonesian flag Indonesian: luas, besar dan dalam
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gímaldslegur Italian flag Italian: cavernoso Japanese flag Japanese: ほら穴のような
Korean flag Korean: 동굴같은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žiojintis Latvian flag Latvian: plašs; izdobts
Malay flag Malay: lubang gua besar Dutch flag Dutch: spelonkachtig Norwegian flag Norwegian: dyp og hul/rommelig
Polish flag Polish: przepastny Persian flag Persian: غار مانند Pashto flag Pashto: لکه غار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cavernoso Romanian flag Romanian: cavernos Russian flag Russian: пещеристый
Slovak flag Slovak: jaskyňovitý Slovenian flag Slovenian: votel Serbian flag Serbian: dubok
Swedish flag Swedish: hålig Thai flag Thai: ที่เป็นโพรงใหญ่และมืด Turkish flag Turkish: mağara gibi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 大且中空的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: запалий Urdu flag Urdu: غار نما
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: như hang Chinese flag Chinese: 大而深的

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'cavernous' - Nearby Entries  

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