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Webster 1913 Edition

Cavern

Cav′ern

,

Noun.

[L.

caverna

, fr.

cavus

hollow: cf. F.

caverne

.]

A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cavern

CAVERN

,

Noun.

A deep hollow place in the earth. In general, it differs from cave in greater depth, and in being applied most usually to natural hollows, or chasms.

Earth with its caverns dark and deep.

Definition 2024

cavern

cavern

English

Noun

cavern ‎(plural caverns)

A large cave.
An underground chamber.

Translations

large cave

Bulgarian: пещера (bg) f ‎(peštera)
Dutch: grot (nl) f, krocht f, hol (nl) n
Esperanto: kaverno
Finnish: luola (fi)
French: caverne (fr) f, grotte (fr) f
German: große Höhle (de) f, Grotte (de) f

Ido: kaverno (io)
Latgalian: ola f
Latin: caverna f
Polish: jaskinia (pl) f
Portuguese: caverna (pt) f
Russian: пеще́ра (ru) f ‎(peščéra), грот (ru) m ‎(grot)
Swedish: grotta (sv) c
Turkish: büyük mağara (tr)

underground chamber

Bulgarian: пещерна зала ‎(pešterna zala)
Finnish: luola (fi)
German: (manmade) Kaverne (de) f
Latgalian: ola f, zamzemis ola f

Latin: caverna f
Portuguese: caverna (pt) f
Russian: каве́рна (ru) f ‎(kavérna)
Swedish: jordkula (sv) c

Anagrams

carven, craven