as in gigantic
of a building or room
resembling a cave in spaciousness; very significant in size
We toured the cavernous airplane hangar. The dance was held in a cavernous hall. a cavernous auditorium
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Recent Examples of cavernous
The state news agency did not specify when the visit occurred but released photos showing Kim walking alongside senior officials and his daughter inside a cavernous assembly hall.
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 Dec. 2025
But for Saturday's test, the astronauts boarded their spacecraft atop NASA's huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the primary retreat boasts a private balcony, an en suite bathroom equipped with a rain shower and a soaking tub, and a cavernous walk-in closet with its own lounge area.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
The band has its own cavernous room, where its members have essentially erected a pop-up museum of nineteen-nineties culture, alongside pieces of their own art.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
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There’s also a massive leg lumbering in the distance which could be a Sentinel, the gigantic, mutant-hunting robots that are some of X-Men’s most iconic villains.—
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Chaplin holds many vestiges of its former ownership, from an old saw mill and furnace from when Chaplin was making his films, to his footsteps, to a gigantic set of muppet eyes overlooking the soundstage room.—
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At the center of all the glitzy havoc—her face often looming on a huge flat screen that rolls around the stage, following actors like a hulking LED stalker—is of course Chenoweth.—
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Todd also had a huge sack in the fourth quarter.—
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Unitree confirmed that the G1 is designed as a compact, foldable humanoid focused on affordability and scalability, while the larger H2 targets industrial applications.—
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In Europe, where Panattoni has operated for around 20 years, the platform spans 15 countries through 36 offices and has been the region's largest developer for eight consecutive years.—
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Constructed with the same thick, stretchy fleece material, this sporty pullover comes with a massive kangaroo pocket and a large hood, both working to keep you warm on chilly flights.—
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This delicate balance allows massive galaxies to stay dormant for billions of years, even when star-forming material is present.—
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Sensory design has played an enormous role in developing this new identity for the bathroom, and the 2026 NKBA Bath Trends Report shows that numerous sensory trends are expected to continue gaining mainstream traction.—
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By Christmas, the enormous mammal had done serious damage — turning on a gas line under the house —that forced Johnson to live without hot water.—
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Open my soul to the vast dark places.—
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Both nations boast vast petroleum reserves and extensive mineral wealth, long positioning themselves as anti-imperialist adversaries of the US.—
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Subtle dark patches on the lunar surface betray the presence of colossal basaltic plains, where lava flows coated vast swathes of Earth's natural satellite, before solidifying in the extreme environment of space.—
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The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.—
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That’s a mammoth 150% increase over the previous year.—
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Sure, 55,000 vehicles is but a fraction of the CR-V’s mammoth volume; the CR-V has sold more than seven times that in each of the last two years!—
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“Cavernous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavernous. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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