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# cavern

«cavern» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large cave, often deep under the ground** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a cavern, caverns); adjective cavernous

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large cave, often deep under the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/#m1)

2) Any large, dark, empty space that feels like a cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons caverns form when water dissolves limestone over thousands of years. In stories and fantasy, caverns are full of dragons, treasure and danger. Phrases: "underground cavern", "a vast cavern", "cavern system".

### examples

- The explorers found a huge cavern under the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/#x1)
- Stalactites hung from the cavern ceiling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/#x2)
- The dragon slept in a dark cavern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/#x3)
- Water carved out the cavern over thousands of years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/#x4)
- Never explore caverns without an adult and a guide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/#x5)
- The empty hall felt like a cavern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/#x6)
- In the cavern sat an old woman spinning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/#x7)

### note

Countable: a cavern, caverns. A cavern is usually bigger than a cave. Adjective: "cavernous" (huge and empty).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cavern» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cavern/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.