chasm
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 5
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Definition of chasm
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
“But always and ever there is a yawning chasm below[.]”
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noun
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A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
“But always and ever there is a yawning chasm below[.]”
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(broadly)A large difference of opinion.
“Chelsea may not have regarded themselves as title rivals to City over the whole season but this was a harrowing illustration of the current chasm between the two sides and made for disturbing viewing for the Italian.”
name
- A locality and provincial park in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
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Etymology
From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”). Doublet of chasma. Compare schism. Displaced native Old English dwolma.
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