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Cavernous - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Cavernous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cavernous [ a.]
- Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
- Filled with small cavities or cells.
- Having a sound caused by a cavity.

Meaning of 'Cavernous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cavernous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
Example in sentence:
  • erectile tissue;
  • the penis is an erectile organ
Meaning (2):
- being or suggesting a cavern
Example in sentence:
  • vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone