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Abyss

Abyss Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Abyss? [n] a bottomless gulf or pit Synonyms \| Synonyms for Abyss: abysm Related Terms \| Find terms related to Abyss: abysm \| abyssal zone \| arroyo \| Bassalia \| bathyal zone \| benthos \| bottom waters \| bottomless depths \| box canyon \| breach \| break \| canyon \| cavity \| chap \| chasm \| check \| chimney \| chink \| cleft \| cleuch \| clough \| col \| coulee \| couloir \| crack \| cranny \| crater \| crevasse \| crevice \| cut \| cwm \| deep \| deepness \| defile \| dell \| depth \| dig \| diggings \| dike \| ditch \| donga \| draw \| excavation \| fault \| fissure \| flaw \| flume \| fracture \| furrow \| gap \| gape \| gash \| Gehenna \| gorge \| groove \| ground \| gulch \| gulf \| gully \| hades \| hole \| hollow \| incision \| inferno \| inner space \| joint \| kloof \| leak \| mine \| moat \| netherworld \| notch \| nullah \| ocean bottom \| ocean depths \| ocean floor \| opening \| pass \| passage \| pelagic zone \| perdition \| pit \| profoundness \| profundity \| quarry \| ravine \| rent \| rift \| rime \| rupture \| scissure \| seam \| shaft \| Sheol \| slit \| slot \| split \| the deep \| the deep sea \| the deeps \| the depths \| Tophet \| trench \| underworld \| valley \| void \| wadi \| well \| workings \| yawning abyss See Also \| chasm Abyss In Webster's Dictionary \A*byss"\, n. [L. abyssus a bottomless gulf, fr. Gr. ? bottomless; 'a priv. + ? depth, bottom.] 1. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. --Milton. The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. --Dryden. 2. Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth. The abysses of metaphysical theology. --Macaulay. In unfathomable abysses of disgrace. --Burke. 3. (Her.) The center of an escutcheon. Note: This word, in its leading uses, is associated with the cosmological notions of the Hebrews, having reference to a supposed illimitable mass of waters from which our earth sprung, and beneath whose profound depths the wicked were punished. --Encyc. Brit.

Abyss Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Abyss?

[n] a bottomless gulf or pit

Synonyms | Synonyms for Abyss: abysm

See Also | chasm

Abyss In Webster's Dictionary

\A*byss"\, n. [L. abyssus a bottomless gulf, fr. Gr. ?
bottomless; 'a priv. + ? depth, bottom.]
1. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence,
   any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the
   bottomless pit.

         Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss.
                                               --Milton.

         The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light.
                                               --Dryden.

2. Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

         The abysses of metaphysical theology. --Macaulay.

         In unfathomable abysses of disgrace.  --Burke.

3. (Her.) The center of an escutcheon.

Note: This word, in its leading uses, is associated with the
      cosmological notions of the Hebrews, having reference
      to a supposed illimitable mass of waters from which our
      earth sprung, and beneath whose profound depths the
      wicked were punished. --Encyc. Brit.

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