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abyss
English
Alternative forms
- abysm, abime
Etymology
From Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (ábussos, “bottomless”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ?????? (bussós, “deep place”), from ????? (buthós, “deep place”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??b?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??b?s/, /æ?b?s/, enPR: ?-b?s'
- Rhymes: -?s
- Hyphenation: a?byss
Noun
abyss (plural abysses)
- Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (frequently figuratively) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
- Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
- Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
- An impending catastrophic happening.
- (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.
- (oceanography) The abyssal zone.
- (figuratively) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
Usage notes
- (impending catastrophic happening): It is typically preceded by the word the.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abyss.
Synonyms
- (difference): gulf
Derived terms
Related terms
- abysmal
Translations
References
Anagrams
- bassy
abyss From the web:
- what abyss means
- what abyss are we talking about
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- what's abyss in french
- what abyssal plain mean
- abyssinian meaning
- what's abyss in german
- what abyssal zone organisms
canyon
English
Alternative forms
- cañon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?n?-y?n, IPA(key): /?kænj?n/
- Rhymes: -ænj?n
- Hyphenation: can?yon
Noun
canyon (plural canyons)
- A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
- Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.
Synonyms
- gorge, dale, dalles, gulch, ravine, vale, valley
- See also Thesaurus:valley
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- ancony
French
Alternative forms
- cañon
Etymology
From Spanish cañón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.??n/
Noun
canyon m (plural canyons)
- canyon
canyon From the web:
- what canyon is brighton in
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- what canyon is in utah
- what canyon is in arizona
- what canyon is brighton ski resort in
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