chasm Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a deep opening in the earth's surface

WordNet

Chasm noun
Etymology
L. chasma, Gr. , fr. to grape, to open wide. See Chaos.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913