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Cavernous

//ˈkav.ən.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.

    "The last stop on the West Coast Main Line before you cross the border into Scotland, the strategically placed Carlisle Citadel is a station steeped in history. Opened on September 1 1847, the cavernous station was once home to seven railway companies in the pre-Grouping years."

  2. 2
    Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.; Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.

    "cavernous eyes"

  3. 3
    Having many caverns.; Composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.
  4. 4
    Having many caverns.; Having cavities.
Adjective
  1. 1
    filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood wordnet
  2. 2
    being or suggesting a cavern wordnet

Etymology

Late Middle English cavernous, cavernose, borrowing from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernōsus (“full of hollows or cavities”), from caverna (“a hollow, cavity, cave”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to cavern + -ous.

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