Definitions for cavernous

cavernous cav·ern·ous

Spelling: [kav-er-nuh s]
IPA: /ˈkæv ər nəs/

Cavernous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 604 anagrams from letters in cavernous (acenorsuv).

Definitions for cavernous

adjective

  1. being, resembling, or suggestive of a cavern:
  2. deep-set:
  3. hollow and deep-sounding:
  4. containing caverns.
  5. full of small cavities; porous.

Origin of cavernous

First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Latin word cavernōsus. See cavern, -ous

Examples for cavernous

In 1971, a team of Soviet scientists was drilling at the site when their rig collapsed into a cavernous pocket of natural gas.

Above the matted hair that concealed the jaws and cheeks, blue eyes stared out of cavernous sockets.

Everyone inside the cavernous O2 arena in East London knew exactly what his complaint would be: This was a Dead Parrot.

The country is cavernous, and the only water is that of the ponds.

Gathered in a cavernous underground hotel ballroom in Washington D.C., all the young people were serious and well dressed.

I followed, not into the moonlit night, but through a cavernous opening into darkness.

His eyes fascinated me, and he opened his cavernous mouth as if to swallow me.

It was merely a cavernous opening in a high ledge of dark rock.

But he inquired in a cavernous, strange tone: “Was he asleep?”

Set in a cavernous industrial-style warehouse, Psycle HQ feels like a club you want to be a part of.

Word Value for cavernous
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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