Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for cavern. Search instead for hadern.
Definitions

cavern

[kav-ern] / ˈkæv ərn /
NOUN
hollow in land formation
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Rasuwagadhi’s acting chief executive, Pushkar Amatya, deployed crews and equipment in a last-ditch search for people who might be trapped in the facility’s transformer cavern, but found no one there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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

Over the next two years, starting in January, a team will excavate the cavern by removing rock and soil.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

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

It clattered on the floor of the cavern.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

The 60 Gulf Coast salt caverns that make up the stocks can’t be drawn from or refilled at the rate at which they were designed, federal researchers have found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Analysts said the trade would likely be necessary because the salt caverns are set up to contain mostly light to medium types of crude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

In underground salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana, the U.S. government stores hundreds of millions of barrels worth of oil in case of energy shocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

They snake beneath the entire city, hundreds of miles of tunnels and caverns, some packed with centuries’ worth of bones.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir


Vocabulary lists containing cavern

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training