ABYSS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Abyss

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late Middle English (in the sense ‘infernal pit’): via late Latin from Greek abussos ‘bottomless’, from a- ‘without’ + bussos ‘depth’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: əˈbɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

Short Definition:

deep chasm

Examples:
  • a rope led down into the dark abyss

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