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Chasm Definition And Meaning
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.

Chasm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chasm?

[n] a deep opening in the earth's surface

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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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