English-Thai Dictionary

cavernous

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAVERNOUS

a.Hollow; full of caverns.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAVERNOUS

Cav "ern *ous, a. Etym: [L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux. ]

 

1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.

 

2. Filled with small cavities or cells.

 

3. Having a sound caused by a cavity. Cavernous body, a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris. -- Cavernous respiration, a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cavernous

cav ern ous |ˈkavərnəs ˈkævərnəs | ▶adjective like a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere: a cavernous warehouse. • giving the impression of vast, dark depths: his cavernous eyes. DERIVATIVES cav ern ous ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernosus (from caverna ‘cavern ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

cavernous

cav ¦ern |ous |ˈkavənəs | ▶adjective like a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere: a dismal cavernous hall. • giving the impression of vast, dark depths: his cavernous eyes. DERIVATIVES cavernously adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernosus (from caverna ‘cavern ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cavernous

cavernous adjective dinner was served in a cavernous hall: vast, huge, large, immense, spacious, roomy, airy, capacious, voluminous, extensive, deep; hollow, gaping, yawning; formal commodious. ANTONYMS small.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cavernous

cavernous adjective the cavernous cargo space: vast, huge, large, immense, spacious, roomy, airy, commodious, capacious, voluminous, ample, rambling, extensive, high, deep; hollow, gaping, yawning, unfathomable; dark, gloomy, dismal, sepulchral. ANTONYMS small, poky.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cavernous

cav ern ous /kǽvə r nəs |kǽv (ə )n- /形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(洞窟 （どうくつ ）のように )だだっ広い ; 洞窟のような ; 空洞の多い 〈場所 空間など 〉.2 くぼんだ 〈目など 〉; うつろな 〈音など 〉.3 多孔性の .～ly 副詞