cavern — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A large cave.

2. An underground chamber.

   Examples

   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.

   Examples

   a dark cavern of a shop

Verb

1. To form a cavern or deep depression in.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   hollowcave

   Examples

   catacombs caverning the hillsides

2. To put into a cavern.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

1. any large dark enclosed space

   Broader terms

   enclosurenatural enclosure

   Examples

   his eyes were dark caverns

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

   Broader terms

   cave

Verb

1. hollow out as if making a cavern

   Synonyms

   cavern out

   Broader terms

   hollowhollow outcore out