Found 4 items, similar to abyss.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: abyss jurang
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: abyss jurang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: abyss abyss n : a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) [syn: abysm]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Abyss Abyss \A*byss"\, n. [L. abyssus a bottomless gulf, fr. Gr. ? bottomless; 'a priv. + ? depth, bottom.] 1. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. [1913 Webster] Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth. [1913 Webster] The abysses of metaphysical theology. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] In unfathomable abysses of disgrace. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 3. (Her.) The center of an escutcheon. [1913 Webster] Note: This word, in its leading uses, is associated with the cosmological notions of the Hebrews, having reference to a supposed illimitable mass of waters from which our earth sprung, and beneath whose profound depths the wicked were punished. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]