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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

Over the next two years, starting in January, a team will excavate the cavern by removing rock and soil.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

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

They looked just like rabbit holes, but supposedly gnome holes all led to a large underground cavern where they kept hoards of food.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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