Thesaurus: chasm
A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
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Definitions
- n. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
- n. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.
- n. a deep opening in the earth's surface
- 1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure. That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. Coleridge. 2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men. Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. Addison.
- n:100 n. a deep opening in the earth's surface