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n. An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void: "lost in the vast abysses of space and time” ( Loren Eiseley).

n. The primeval chaos out of which it was believed that the earth and sky were formed.

n. The abode of evil spirits; hell.

n. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.

n. An impending catastrophic happening.

n. The center of an escutcheon.

n. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.

n. Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

n. The center of an escutcheon.

n. A bottomless gulf; any deep, immeasurable space; anything profound and unfathomable, whether literally or figuratively; specifically, hell; the bottomless pit.

n. In heraldry, the center of an escutcheon; the fesse-point.

To engulf.

n. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

"I know the abyss is there, but the picket fence stops me stumbling in by accident."

height   

chasm   

abysmal   

abyssal   

deep    gulf    abysm    swallow    profound    profundity    chasm    pit    sink    void   

Bliss    Chris    Cris    Dis    Fliss    Hiss    Kris    Miss    Suisse    Swiss   

gulf    blackness    precipice    depth    pit    brink    expanse    cavern    ravine    void