About The Word Chasm

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Chasm

Chasm Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Chasm?
[n] a deep opening in the earth's surface
Synonyms | Synonyms for Chasm: Related Terms | Find terms related to Chasm: abysm | abyss | aperture | arroyo | blank | box canyon | breach | break | broaching | canyon | cavity | chap | check | chimney | chink | clearing | cleavage | cleft | cleuch | clough | clove | col | coulee | couloir | crack | cranny | crater | crevasse | crevice | cut | cwm | deep | defile | dell | depth | dig | diggings | dike | disclosure | ditch | donga | draw | excavation | fault | fenestra | fissure | fistula | flaw | flume | fontanel | foramen | fracture | furrow | gap | gape | gash | gat | gorge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hiatus | hole | hollow | incision | inlet | interval | joint | kloof | lacuna | laying open | leak | mine | moat | notch | nullah | opening | opening up | orifice | outlet | overlook | oversight | pass | passage | passageway | pit | pore | preterition | quarry | ravine | rent | rift | rime | rupture | scissure | seam | shaft | skip | slit | slot | space | split | stoma | throwing open | trench | uncorking | unstopping | valley | void | wadi | well | workings | yawn | yawning abyss See Also | abysm | abyss | gap | gulf | opening Chasm In Webster's Dictionary \Chasm\, n. [L. chasma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to grape, to open
wide. See {Chaos}.]
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.
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