cavernous

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  1. adjective Filled with caverns.
  2. adjective Resembling a cavern, as in depth, vastness, or effect: a cavernous yawn; cavernous echoes.
  3. adjective Anatomy Filled with cavities or hollow areas; porous.

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  • I went looking for Denny and finally found him in the boathouse The old corrugated-iron building was cavernous, a dark and drafty space echoing with the drumming of the rain. —  Muller, Marcia - [McCone 08] Eye of the Storm UC FR.htm
  • Interesting things always come of big, cavernous, abandoned houses -- so it's no surprise that Anthony's purchase -- a cigar box of some sort -- turns his life and his sister's upside-down. —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 03 - March 2002
  • He led them down a carpeted corridor to a cavernous area that might have been a conference room or corporate recording studio before Alternatives Associates took it over. —  AnalogSFF,April2008
  • I pushed open the metal door and stepped into a cavernous area floored with concrete. —  Charlaine Harris - Southern Vamp 07 - All Together Dead
  • The country is cavernous, and the only water is that of the ponds. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Citizen-soldier, by John Beatty.
 

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  1. = French caverneux = Provencal cavernos = Spanish Pg, Italian cavernoso, from Latin cavernosus, from caverna, a cavern.
 

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/ˈkævərnəs/
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