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cavern

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

If we were to squeeze through small cracks in his mind’s cavern walls or crawl down its miniaturized hallways toward Erickson's nerve center, we might find ourselves in a room with a broken printer.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

For the typically still-water environment, the waves disrupted the shallow shelf that the pupfish use as a spawning area, likely knocking eggs deep into the cavern.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

Once the fog clears, the camera sweeps into an underground cavern filled with lava.

From BBC • May 30, 2024

They’d sacrificed so much saving it from the cavern under Rome; but they had no idea what to do with it.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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