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“cavern”
cavern, caverna
1. A small enclosed space or cavity.
2. A large underground cave or a large chamber in a series of caves.
3. A large underground chamber, as in a cave.
4. An anatomical cavity with many interconnecting chambers.
2. A large underground cave or a large chamber in a series of caves.
3. A large underground chamber, as in a cave.
4. An anatomical cavity with many interconnecting chambers.
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cav-, cavo-, cava-, cavi-, cavern-
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“cavern”
(Greek: cave, cavern; in medicine, of or pertaining to a [bodily] cavity or sinus; a term in anatomical nomenclature, especially to designate a cavity or chamber within a bone)
(Greek > Latin: cave, cavern)
(Latin: hollow, a hollow place; chasm; prison)
(Greek > Latin: a cave, a cavern, a grotto)
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“cavern”
salt cavern
A cavern in an underground salt formation that is created in a commercial mining operation through the injection of fresh water and the removal of the salt in solution.
Some of these caverns are then used to store hydrocarbons; such as, crude oil and natural gas; or oil field wastes; such as, drilling fluids.
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sal-, sali-
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