Cavern Meaning
/ˈkav.ən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA large cave.
nounAn underground chamber.
Sentence Examples
A dragon lives inside the cavern.
I found this in the cavern.
This remote cavern is known only to him.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The vast underground ____ was filled with stalactites and stalagmites formed over centuries.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We found a large ____ that was filled with amazing stalactites today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea."
— 1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 55:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The vast underground ____ was filled with stalactites and stalagmites formed over centuries.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We found a large ____ that was filled with amazing stalactites today.