Both Uses of
chasm
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- It was said that one might wander days and nights together through its intricate tangle of rifts and chasms, and never find the end of the cave; and that he might go down, and down, and still down, into the earth, and it was just the same—labyrinth under labyrinth, and no end to any of them.†
Chpt 29
- They had concealed a natural chasm which led under the rock.†
Chpt 33 *
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