Synonyms for cavern

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kav-ern

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv ərn

Définition of cavern

Origin : late 14c., from Old French caverne (12c.) "cave, vault, cellar," from Late Latin caverna "cave," from Latin cavus "hollow" (see cave (n.)). In Old English such a land feature might be called an eorðscræf.

noun hollow in land formation

Example sentences :

It was soothing to his eyes, so used to the darkness of the Nibelungs' cavern.
Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

In an instant they fled into the darkest corner of the cavern.
Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

The Sibyl placed them in rows on the ledges of rock inside the cavern.
Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd

Charley was a few yards ahead of me, and ran stooping into the cavern.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

All around the dais, seated on the sloping floor of the cavern, were Lakonians.
Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright

As she recognised the sound, a voice came as through a cavern, crying, "Kate!"
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Through the entrance of the cavern they darted and disappeared.
Extract from : « Loot of the Void » by Edwin K. Sloat

They have closed off the shaft that led from the cavern of the silver dome.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

Her cavern must be full of dead men's bones, trophies of her conquests.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

He obeyed her, or pretended to, and turned an ear toward the mouth of the cavern.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

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