Abyss
English Meaning
A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.
- An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void: "lost in the vast abysses of space and time” ( Loren Eiseley).
- The primeval chaos out of which it was believed that the earth and sky were formed.
- The abode of evil spirits; hell.