cavern

3 definitions found

cavern - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cavern \Cav"ern\, n. [L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F.
     caverne.]
     A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.
     [1913 Webster]

cavern - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cavern
      n 1: any large dark enclosed space; "his eyes were dark caverns"
      2: a large cave or a large chamber in a cave
      v 1: hollow out as if making a cavern [syn: cavern, cavern out
           ]

cavern - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "cavern":
     abri, antre, bunker, burrow, cave, cove, dugout, foxhole, grot,
     grotto, hole, lair, sewer, subterrane, subterranean, subway,
     tunnel, warren