carlsbad caverns

1. 1.

   a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites

   Broadercavern

   Part ofNew Mexico

Questions about carlsbad caverns

What does carlsbad caverns mean?

carlsbad caverns means "a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites".

Is carlsbad caverns a common word?

carlsbad caverns is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.