as in cave
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a cavern with beautiful stalactites
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Recent Examples of cavern
Hansen offered cave tours to visitors, helped lead exploration in the more than 220-mile network of caverns and helped with biology, cartography and wildlife projects.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Belize is home to hundreds of caverns where Mayan priests once held rituals to petition the gods for rain or a successful harvest.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
However, notes Portillo, the caverns have never been refilled at this rate over any extended period of time, and there is the possibility that the physical integrity of the caverns suffered during the drawdown period.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Prefabricated buildings erected in the underground caverns housed sleeping quarters, latrines, laboratories, a mess hall, laundry and gym.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Belize is home to hundreds of caverns where Mayan priests once held rituals to petition the gods for rain or a successful harvest.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
However, notes Portillo, the caverns have never been refilled at this rate over any extended period of time, and there is the possibility that the physical integrity of the caverns suffered during the drawdown period.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Prefabricated buildings erected in the underground caverns housed sleeping quarters, latrines, laboratories, a mess hall, laundry and gym.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavern
Noun
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These artifacts, found in a cave considered part of the underworld, may be connected to ideas of creation and fertility.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Thorin was the name given to a Neanderthal specimen found amongst a small group of Neanderthals that lived between 42,000 years and 52,000 years ago in the Grotte Mandrin, a cave located in southern France.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Housed at Villa d’Este in Tivoli — a UNESCO World Heritage site located a one-hour drive from Rome — the grotto will reopen after nearly half a century of being closed and two years of restoration work.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Experience the Swiss-Italian culture by dining at a traditional grotto, taking a boat tour to Morcote, or simply wandering through the old town’s sleepy piazzas.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Cavern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavern. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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