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ABYSM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abysm mean?
• ABYSM (noun)
The noun ABYSM has 1 sense:
1. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Familiarity information: ABYSM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
abysm; abyss
Hypernyms ("abysm" is a kind of...):
chasm (a deep opening in the earth's surface)
Derivation:
abysmal (resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable)
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