as in cave
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a cavern with beautiful stalactites
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With generation after generation chasing the precious mineral with pickaxes, hammers and chisels, the caverns grew into a full-scale salt mine containing multiple chambers up to 367 feet deep.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
Then each entered a blower unit, where fans sent a pulse of air to clean potential contamination.
Inside the cavern where the sphere lies, workers climbed railings and beams carrying flashlights and wiped down smudges.
—Eric Baculinao, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Seething about his symbiote children having betrayed and imprisoned him in some dark cavern in a distant universe, Knull dispatches a bunch of fearsome creatures called xenophages, giant spidery-reptilian things that love to snack on symbiotes.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
Eventually, the caverns’ ceilings might have collapsed, making the large indentations on the lakebed.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
Then each entered a blower unit, where fans sent a pulse of air to clean potential contamination.
Inside the cavern where the sphere lies, workers climbed railings and beams carrying flashlights and wiped down smudges.
—Eric Baculinao, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Seething about his symbiote children having betrayed and imprisoned him in some dark cavern in a distant universe, Knull dispatches a bunch of fearsome creatures called xenophages, giant spidery-reptilian things that love to snack on symbiotes.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
Eventually, the caverns’ ceilings might have collapsed, making the large indentations on the lakebed.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Cavern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavern. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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