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cavern

[kav-ern] / ˈkæv ərn /
NOUN
hollow in land formation
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The 43-square-foot cavern was filled with colorful leather bags made by a local artisan named Iota Zaggle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The group had been hunting for gold when they were cut off inside the cavern in an isolated part of the country after flash floods hit on 20 May.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

At the end of this cavern is a corridor, which is almost 30 metres long and three metres across, and which leads to a second chamber of the cave.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

As we make our way into the vast cavern, my guide explains how Eberhard dissected samples and sent them to England for analysis.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024

We ride on through a cavern, between pillars of roots, over packed earth.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The U.S. stores its emergency crude in vast underground salt caverns along the Gulf Coast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Carved deep underground, the five caverns contain chambers as tall as nine-story buildings and longer than three American football fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Freshly excavated caverns 100m underground sit next to stores that have been used for sparkling wine, apples and cheese in recent years.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The deterioration limits how much crude can be pumped into and out of the caverns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

In later poets there are various entrances to it from the earth through caverns and beside deep lakes.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton


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