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adj. - Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; Being or suggesting a hollowed-out chamber.

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  • The Olivier Theater at the National is a rather cavernous auditorium.
  • Vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone
  • Even so, only 22,326 went to the game in cavernous Network Associates Coliseum.
  • By then virtually the only Houston supporters left in cavernous Reliant Stadium were members of the school's band.
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