cavern
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any large dark enclosed space
his eyes were dark caverns
Types & categories
- natural enclosure hypernym
Related & opposite
- cavern derivation
Sense 2 verb
hollow out as if making a cavern
Types & categories
- hollow out hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a large cave or a large chamber in a cave
Types & categories
- cave hypernym
- Carlsbad Caverns instance hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cavern |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural enclosure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cavern |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cavern |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hollow out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cavern |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cavernous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cave |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Carlsbad Caverns |