cavernous
adjective
cav·ern·ous
ˈka-vər-nəs 
1
a
: having caverns or cavities
b
of animal tissue
: composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part
2
: constituting or suggesting a cavern
a cavernous warehouse
cavernously
adverb
Examples of cavernous in a Sentence
We toured the cavernous airplane hangar.
The dance was held in a cavernous hall.
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Instead discussion seems to take place across a cavernous gap.
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Callum Booth, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The cavernous coffee shop is great for people-watching.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025
Much of the cavernous interior of this UNESCO World Heritage site — a former 19th-century care home — was painted in the 1930s by the celebrated Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco, whose brutal, moving imagery evokes the Spanish conquest in frescoes.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The railway is a tourism attraction itself: Its behemoth stations feature peaked red roofs and cavernous waiting rooms full of hundreds of people lining up to board trains.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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Callum Booth, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The cavernous coffee shop is great for people-watching.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025
Much of the cavernous interior of this UNESCO World Heritage site — a former 19th-century care home — was painted in the 1930s by the celebrated Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco, whose brutal, moving imagery evokes the Spanish conquest in frescoes.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The railway is a tourism attraction itself: Its behemoth stations feature peaked red roofs and cavernous waiting rooms full of hundreds of people lining up to board trains.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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“Cavernous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavernous. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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cavernous
adjective
cav·ern·ous
ˈkav-ər-nəs
1
: having caverns or cavities
2
: resembling a cavern in being large and hollow
3
: composed largely of spaces capable of filling with blood to bring about the enlargement of a body part
cavernously
adverb
Medical Definition
cavernous
adjective
cav·ern·ous
ˈkav-ər-nəs
1
: having caverns or cavities
2
of tissue
: composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part
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