Usually means: Deep chasm, profound or infinite.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. abyss: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. abyss, the abyss: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. abyss: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. abyss: Collins English Dictionary
  5. abyss: Vocabulary.com
  6. Abyss, abyss: Wordnik
  7. abyss: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Abyss, abyss: Wiktionary
  9. abyss: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. abyss: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. abyss: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Abyss, abyss, abyss: Dictionary.com
  13. abyss: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. Abyss: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. abyss: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. abyss: Rhymezone
  18. abyss: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. abyss: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. abyss: Free Dictionary
  21. abyss: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. abyss: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. abyss: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. abyss: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. abyss-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  2. Abyss: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Abyss (disambiguation), abyss: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Abyss (disambiguation), abyss: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ABYSS: Acronym Finder

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Abyss: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. abyss: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. abyss: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. Abyss: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See abysss as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
noun:  (frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
noun:  Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
noun:  Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
noun:  (with article) An impending catastrophic happening.
noun:  (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.
noun:  (oceanography) The abyssal zone.
noun:  (figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

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