Both Uses of
chasm
in
Hard Times
- Before them, at their very feet, was the brink of a black ragged chasm hidden by the thick grass.†
Chpt 3.6 *
- The men called and listened as she had done, and examined the edge of the chasm, and settled how it had happened, and then sat down to wait until the implements they wanted should come up.†
Chpt 3.6
Definition:
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(chasm) a large and deep and steep-sided opening on the earth's surface; or (more rarely) any large gap
or:
a very large difference -- often of opinion