Definitions for cavern

cavern cav·ern

Spelling: [kav-ern]
IPA: /ˈkæv ərn/

Cavern is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in cavern (acenrv).

Definitions for cavern

noun

  1. a cave, especially one that is large and mostly underground.
  2. Pathology. a cavity that is produced by disease, especially one produced in the lungs by tuberculosis.

verb (used with object)

  1. to enclose in or as if in a cavern.
  2. to hollow out to form a cavern.

Origin of cavern

1325-75; Middle English caverne Latin caverna, equivalent to cav(us) hollow + -erna, as in cisterna cistern

Examples for cavern

Her body was covered with a blanket when it was found inside a cavern of the ancient walls, obscuring it from view.

Next door to the museum is a clone of the cavern Club, the Beatle Café and the Sala John Lennon stand-up comedy theatre.

The Beatles Story Museum features a replica of the cavern Club and a Fab 4D animated cinema show.

Charley was a few yards ahead of me, and ran stooping into the cavern.

It was soothing to his eyes, so used to the darkness of the Nibelungs' cavern.

All around the dais, seated on the sloping floor of the cavern, were Lakonians.

Through the entrance of the cavern they darted and disappeared.

As she recognised the sound, a voice came as through a cavern, crying, "Kate!"

The Sibyl placed them in rows on the ledges of rock inside the cavern.

In an instant they fled into the darkest corner of the cavern.

Word Value for cavern
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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