"cavern" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkav.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkav.n̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæv.ɚn/ [General-American], /ˈkæv.ɹən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cavern.wav [Southern-England] Forms: caverns [plural]
enPR: kăv'ən [General-American], kăv'ərn [General-American] Rhymes: -ævə(ɹ)n Etymology: From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|caverne}} Middle English caverne, {{der|en|fro|caverne}} Old French caverne, {{der|en|la|caverna||hollow, cavity, cave}} Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), {{m|la|cavus||hollow, excavated, concave}} cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cavern (plural caverns)
  1. A large cave. Categories (topical): Caving Translations (large cave): пещера (peštera) [feminine] (Bulgarian), caverna [feminine] (Catalan), 大山洞 (dà shāndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), grot [feminine] (Dutch), krocht [feminine] (Dutch), hol [neuter] (Dutch), kaverno (Esperanto), luola (Finnish), caverne [feminine] (French), grotte [feminine] (French), große Höhle [feminine] (German), Grotte [feminine] (German), yvykua (Guaraní), kaverna (Hungarian), kaverno (Ido), ola [feminine] (Latgalian), caverna [feminine] (Latin), antrum [neuter] (Latin), specus [masculine] (Latin), caverne (Middle English), waazh (Ojibwe), waanzh (Ojibwe), Heel [feminine] (Plautdietsch), jaskinia [feminine] (Polish), caverna [feminine] (Portuguese), cavernă [feminine] (Romanian), peșteră [feminine] (Romanian), grotă [feminine] (Romanian), пеще́ра (peščéra) [feminine] (Russian), грот (grot) [masculine] (Russian), गुहा [Ancient, feminine] (Russian), jama [feminine] (Slovene), jama (Slovene), caverna [feminine] (Spanish), grotta [common-gender] (Swedish), büyük mağara (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cavern-en-noun-dmekd7ro Disambiguation of Caving: 28 11 4 35 22 Disambiguation of 'large cave': 94 0 6
  2. An underground chamber. Categories (topical): Caving Translations (underground chamber): пещерна зала (pešterna zala) (Bulgarian), caverna [feminine] (Catalan), 地下深處 (Chinese Mandarin), 地下深处 (dìxià shēnchù) (Chinese Mandarin), luola (Finnish), Kaverne (english: manmade) [feminine] (German), ola [feminine] (Latgalian), zamzemis ola [feminine] (Latgalian), caverna [feminine] (Latin), caverna [feminine] (Portuguese), каве́рна (kavérna) [feminine] (Russian), caverna [feminine] (Spanish), bergrum (english: blasted) [neuter] (Swedish), grottrum [natural] (Swedish), grottkammare [natural] (Swedish), jordkula (english: dwelling) [common-gender, usually] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cavern-en-noun-hERLB-cN Disambiguation of Caving: 28 11 4 35 22 Disambiguation of 'underground chamber': 0 100 0
  3. A large, dark place or space.
    Sense id: en-cavern-en-noun-qdT5k9Sj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cavernicolous, cavernlike, cavernous, incaverned, mesocavern

Verb

IPA: /ˈkav.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkav.n̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæv.ɚn/ [General-American], /ˈkæv.ɹən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cavern.wav [Southern-England] Forms: caverns [present, singular, third-person], caverning [participle, present], caverned [participle, past], caverned [past]
enPR: kăv'ən [General-American], kăv'ərn [General-American] Rhymes: -ævə(ɹ)n Etymology: From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|caverne}} Middle English caverne, {{der|en|fro|caverne}} Old French caverne, {{der|en|la|caverna||hollow, cavity, cave}} Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), {{m|la|cavus||hollow, excavated, concave}} cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cavern (third-person singular simple present caverns, present participle caverning, simple past and past participle caverned)
  1. (transitive) To form a cavern or deep depression in. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Caving Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: hollow
    Sense id: en-cavern-en-verb-hMjepTNg Disambiguation of Caving: 28 11 4 35 22 Disambiguation of Landforms: 20 10 15 42 12 Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms in nonstandard scripts: 8 23 8 45 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 14 2 68 13
  2. (transitive) To put into a cavern. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Caving
    Sense id: en-cavern-en-verb-C5BvB8u1 Disambiguation of Caving: 28 11 4 35 22

Inflected forms

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        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cavern (third-person singular simple present caverns, present participle caverning, simple past and past participle caverned)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "catacombs caverning the hillsides",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To form a cavern or deep depression in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cavern",
          "#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "deep",
          "deep"
        ],
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To form a cavern or deep depression in."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hollow"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put into a cavern."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cavern",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To put into a cavern."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkav.ən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkav.n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæv.ɚn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæv.ɹən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ævə(ɹ)n"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kăv'ən",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kăv'ərn",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavern"
}

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