The Only Use of
chasm
in
The Phantom Tollbooth
- 'All that he would have to do," continued the worried bug, "is travel through miles of harrowing and hazardous countryside, into unknown valleys and uncharted forests, past yawning chasms and trackless wastes, until he reached Digitopolis (if, of course, he ever reached there).†
p. 96.9chasms = large gaps or divides
Definition:
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
or:
a very large difference -- often of opinion