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A grotto or cavern under ground.
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A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.
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That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.
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A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).
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A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.
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Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern.
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A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.
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Containing caverns.
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Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain.
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A cavern; a cave.
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A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.
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Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
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Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal.
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Living in a cavern.
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A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.
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Having a sound caused by a cavity.
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Filled with small cavities or cells.
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A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments.
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A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
superl.
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
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