cavern

n.

1. A large cave.
2. A large underground chamber, as in a cave.

tr.v., -erned, -ern·ing, -erns.

1. To enclose in or as if in a cavern.
2. To hollow out.

[Middle English caverne, from Old French, from Latin caverna, from cavus, hollow.]

noun

A hollow beneath the earth's surface: cave, grotto. See convex/concave.

IN BRIEF: A large opening in the side of a hill or mountain.

The explorers went deep into the cavern in the mountain.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: any large dark enclosed space

Meaning #2: a large cave or a large chamber in a cave

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The verb cavern has one meaning:

Meaning #1: hollow out as if making a cavern
  Synonym: cavern out

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hule, hulrum
v. tr. - udhule

Nederlands (Dutch)
grot, spelonk, hol(te), plaatsen in een grot, uithollen

Français (French)
n. - caverne
v. tr. - creuser une caverne, enfermer dans une caverne

Deutsch (German)
n. - Höhle
v. - in eine Höhle einschließen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σπήλαιο, άντρο

Italiano (Italian)
caverna

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gruta (f)

Русский (Russian)
грот, пещера

Español (Spanish)
n. - caverna, cueva
v. tr. - vivir en caverna

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jordkula, kavern (med.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
巨穴, 洞窟, 放于山洞中, 挖空

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 巨穴, 洞窟
v. tr. - 放於山洞中, 挖空

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 동굴
v. tr. - 동굴에 넣다, 동굴을 파다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 洞窟, ほら穴

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كهف كبير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מערה (גדולה), חדר חשוך‬
v. tr. - ‮סגר במערה, חפר מערה‬

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