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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precipice |
| Synonyms: | abyss, chasm, cleft, fissure, gap, hole |
| Notes: | crevasse is a deep crack or opening, especially in a glacier or ice field; crevice is a narrow opening or fissure in a rock, wall, or floor |
| Main Entry: | abyss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something very deep, usually a feature of land |
| Synonyms: | abysm, chasm, crevasse, depth, fissure, gorge, gulf, hole, pit, void |
| Main Entry: | bottomless pit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extremely hopeless situation |
| Synonyms: | Hades, Hell, abysm, abyss, chasm, crevasse, fire and brimstone, gulf, infernal regions |
| Main Entry: | chasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, abyss |
| Synonyms: | abysm, alienation, arroyo, blank, breach, cavity, cleavage, cleft, clough, clove, crater, crevasse, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, preterition, ravine, rent, rift, schism, skip, split, void, yawn |
| Antonyms: | closure, junction, juncture |
| Main Entry: | cleft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, gap |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, breach, canyon, chasm, chink, cleavage, clough, clove, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, fissure, fracture, gorge, gulch, opening, ravine, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, schism, slit |
| Antonyms: | closing, closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, crevice |
| Synonyms: | breach, chink, chip, cleft, cranny, crevasse, cut, discontinuity, division, fissure, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, interval, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, split |
| Main Entry: | gorge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | valley |
| Synonyms: | abyss, arroyo, canyon, chasm, cleft, clough, clove, crevasse, fissure, flume, gap, glen, gulch, pass, ravine |
| Notes: | a canyon is a narrow chasm with steep cliff walls formed by running water; a gorge is a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides formed by running water; a ravine is a deep narrow steep-sided valley formed by running water |
| Main Entry: | gulf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep, gaping hole |
| Synonyms: | abyss, breach, cave, cavity, chasm, cleft, crevasse, depth, depths, distance, expanse, gap, gulch, hiatus, hollow, opening, pit, ravine, rent, rift, separation, shaft, split, void, well, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | gully |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ravine, ditch |
| Synonyms: | channel, chase, chasm, crevasse, culvert, gutter, notch, trench, watercourse |
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