cavernous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite being or suggesting a cavern
    • vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone
  2. adjective satellite filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
    erectile.
    • erectile tissue
    • the penis is an erectile organ

WordNet

Cav"ern*ous adjective
Etymology
L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux.
Definitions
  1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
  2. Filled with small cavities or cells.
  3. Having a sound caused by a cavity.

Webster 1913