Definitions for: Chasm

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: abysm, abyss, gap, gulf, opening

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