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[syn: cavern, cavern out]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cavern \Cav"ern\, n. [L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F.
   caverne.]
   A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cavern
    n 1: any large dark enclosed space; "his eyes were dark caverns"
    2: a large cave or a large chamber in a cave
    v 1: hollow out as if making a cavern [syn: cavern, cavern
         out]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "cavern":
   abri, antre, bunker, burrow, cave, cove, dugout, foxhole, grot,
   grotto, hole, lair, sewer, subterrane, subterranean, subway,
   tunnel, warren