oceanic abyss

Questions about oceanic abyss

What does oceanic abyss mean?

oceanic abyss means "a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor".

What is another word for oceanic abyss?

Close synonyms include trench, deep. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oceanic abyss a common word?

oceanic abyss is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.