cavern — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A large cave.

2. An underground chamber.

   Beispiele

   In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.

3. A large, dark place or space.

   Beispiele

   a dark cavern of a shop

Verb

1. To form a cavern or deep depression in.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Synonyme

   hollowcave

   Beispiele

   catacombs caverning the hillsides

2. To put into a cavern.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

Substantiv

1. any large dark enclosed space

   Oberbegriffe

   enclosurenatural enclosure

   Beispiele

   his eyes were dark caverns

2. a large cave or a large chamber in a cave

   Oberbegriffe

   cave

Verb

1. hollow out as if making a cavern

   Synonyme

   cavern out

   Oberbegriffe

   hollowhollow outcore out