Chasm
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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