cavern

caverne

Grande cavité naturelle dans la roche ou sous terre.

En anglais simple : A large natural space inside rock or under the ground.

• Bats live in the cavern.
• We explored several caverns beneath the mountain.
• Water dripped from the cavern’s ceiling.

Synonymes : cave, grotto

Expressions courantes : limestone cavern, underground cavern, explore a cavern

cavité souterraine

Grande salle ou espace creux situé sous terre.

En anglais simple : A large room or hollow space below the ground.

• Gas is stored in this cavern.
• Engineers dug a cavern beneath the power station.
• The underground caverns hold emergency oil supplies.

Synonymes : chamber

Expressions courantes : storage cavern, excavated cavern, salt cavern

caverne

Pièce ou espace très vaste et sombre.

En anglais simple : A very large, dark room or space.

• The shop was a dark cavern.
• We waited in a cavern of a hall.
• His voice echoed through the empty cavern of the old theatre.

Comment l'utiliser : a cavern of a + noun (They worked in a cavern of a warehouse.)

Expressions courantes : dark cavern, cavern of something

creuser

Former des cavités profondes dans quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To make deep hollow spaces in something.

• Water caverned the rock.
• Ancient tunnels cavern the hillside.
• Waves had caverned the cliffs over many centuries.

Synonymes : hollow out

Expressions courantes : cavern the rock, cavern a hillside