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cavernous
/ ˈæəə /
adjective
- suggestive of a cavern in vastness, darkness, etc
cavernous hungry eyes
- filled with small cavities; porous
- (of rocks) containing caverns or cavities
Derived Forms
- ˈԴdzܲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- İ·dzܲ· adverb
- t·İ·dzܲ adjective
- ܲ·İ·dzܲ adjective
- un·İ·dzܲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of cavernous1
Example Sentences
The shuttered factories hulked over degrading neighborhoods like cavernous empty shells.
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.
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.
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.
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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