noun 1. a very big difference of opinion ○ How can we bridge the chasm between the two sides in the dispute? 2. a very big crack in the ground ○ The mountaineers were forced to turn back when they reached a chasm in the glacier.
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.”
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.”
Meaning of “chasm” in English language – noun 1. a very big difference of opinion...
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