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cavernous

[ kav-er-nuhs ]

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

/ ˈ°ì汹ə²ÔÉ™²õ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦²¹±¹±ð°ù²Ô´Ç³Ü²õ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦²¹±¹î€½Ä°ù²Ô·´Ç³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ¾±²Ôt±ð°ù·³¦²¹±¹î€½Ä°ù²Ô·´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦²¹±¹î€½Ä°ù²Ô·´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
  • un·³¦²¹±¹î€½Ä°ù²Ô·´Ç³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cavernous1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word ³¦²¹±¹±ð°ù²ÔŲõ³Ü²õ. See cavern, -ous
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In Las Vegas, Cruise bowed his head in the cavernous theatre, which was packed with movie theatre owners and others who work in the industry.

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There was a cavernous Gainesville bar called Dub’s, and the group played there nightly for weeks on end, occasionally throwing in one of Petty’s chiming, Byrds-inflected originals.

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Casual viewers might have agreed more with Samuel L Jackson's plea for Lamar to keep it light; especially as some of his more densely-written lyrics were rendered unintelligible by the stadium's cavernous echo.

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The only other facility we were allowed to see was a karaoke club, with spectacular private rooms, cavernous domes entirely covered in digital screens on which huge tropical fish and sharks swam.

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Many of these types of tumour would have previously been considered inoperable because of where they are situated in an area called the cavernous sinus.

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