abyss
noun/əˈbɪs/
Frequency rank: #8,540 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a very deep or bottomless pit or chasm.
Example sentence
The climbers peered over the edge and stared into the dark abyss.
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