chasm
pronunciation
How to pronounce chasm in British English:
UK [ˈkæzəm]
How to pronounce chasm in American English:
US [ˈkæzəm]
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- Noun:
- a deep opening in the earth's surface
Word Origin
- chasm
- chasm: see yawn
- chasm (n.)
- 1590s, "deep crack in the earth," from Latin chasma, from Greek khasma "yawning hollow, gulf," related to khaskein "to yawn," and thus to chaos. In English in 17c. often spelled chasma. Figurative use from 1640s. Related: Chasmal; chasmic.
Example
- 1. But none of these can fill the chasm created by our deep sense of separation .
- 2. You can 't jump halfway across a chasm : you still fall to your death .
- 3. The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps .
- 4. The present gap is really more of a chasm .
- 5. This makes no sense-there 's a yawning chasm between the professional and the plutocratic classes , and the tax system should reflect that .