Usually means: Large, hollow space; deep, vast.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word cavernous:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. cavernous: Merriam-Webster
  2. cavernous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cavernous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cavernous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cavernous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cavernous, cavernous: Wordnik
  7. cavernous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cavernous: Wiktionary
  9. cavernous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cavernous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cavernous: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cavernous: Dictionary.com
  13. cavernous: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Cavernous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. cavernous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. cavernous: Rhymezone
  17. Cavernous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. cavernous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. cavernous: FreeDictionary.org
  20. cavernous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. cavernous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. cavernous: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cavernous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. cavernous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. cavernous: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
adjective:  Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.
adjective:  Having many caverns.
adjective:  (anatomy, zootomy) Composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.
adjective:  (dentistry) Having cavities.

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