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cavern

[kav-ern] / ˈkæv ərn /
NOUN
hollow in land formation
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The cave, an underwater system which extends for hundreds of meters through multiple chambers and internal passages, begins with a first large, bright cavern with a sandy bottom.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

If we were to squeeze through small cracks in his mind’s cavern walls or crawl down its miniaturized hallways toward Erickson's nerve center, we might find ourselves in a room with a broken printer.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

Down a corner on the ground floor was a shaft descending more than 30 feet underground that then opened up into a cavern presumably used as a depot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

He soon grew to love the cavern system, which dates back 350 million years, and by the age of seven he had explored it more than 100 times.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

This way and that he flung around the cavern searching for his tormentors, but, blind as he was, they were able to slip away from him.

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




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