Chasm and Pit

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Chasm noun - An immeasurable depth or space.

Usage example: a chasm in the ocean floor

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Pit is a synonym for chasm in valley topic. In some cases you can use "Pit" instead a noun "Chasm".

Pit noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.

Usage example: removal of the tree stump left a gaping pit in the yard

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Chasm is a synonym for pit in hole topic. You can use "Chasm" instead a noun "Pit", if it concerns topics such as nature, abyss, valley.

full	full chasm	full pit
long	long chasm	long pit
endless	endless chasm	endless pit
deep	deep chasm	deep pit
Other adjectives: empty, small, massive, large, big, great, huge, infamous, fiery, black, watery, glowing, tall, vast, next, wide, boiling, giant, magical, gaping.

In this scenario, underneath the bridge is a chasm, some rapids, a pit of spikes, or anything deadly.

Source: Take It to the Bridge
There's a slab you can walk on to cross the chasm, but you can't walk off the side of the bridge into the pit, even though there are no rails.

Source: Edge Gravity
The shaft into which the river hurls itself is an immense chasm, lined by glistening coal-black rock, and narrowing into a creaming, boiling pit of incalculable depth, which brims over and shoots the stream onward over its jagged lip.

Source: Ghibli Hills

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