Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Cavernous has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
being or suggesting a cavern
"vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"
2
filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
"erectile tissue"
"the penis is an erectile organ"
3
Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
Example Sentences
"vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"
adjective
"erectile tissue"
adjective
"the penis is an erectile organ"
adjective