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A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,

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  1. n. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,
  2. n. That which swallows; the gullet.
  3. n. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
  4. n. A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.
  5. n. A large deposit of ore in a lode.
  6. n. an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
  7. n. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
  8. n. a deep wide chasm
  9. A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; apartially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.
  10. n:100 n. an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay n. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) n. a deep wide chasm