cavernous
pronunciation
How to pronounce cavernous in British English:
UK [ˈkævənəs]
How to pronounce cavernous in American English:
US [ˈkævərnəs]
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- Adjective:
- being or suggesting a cavern
- filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
Word Origin
- cavernous (adj.)
- c. 1400, "full of caverns," from Latin cavernosus "full of cavities" (source also of Italian cavernoso, French caverneux), from caverna (see cavern). Meaning "hollow" is recorded from 1830.
Example
- 1. The pilot was shouting , motioning to the cavernous entrance .
- 2. Imaging diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma in the cerebrum .
- 3. The german dragon will find it hard to escape to its cavernous lairs , for vengeance for its treason will overtake it .
- 4. Never stepped into such a cavernous space .
- 5. Vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone .