horizon

noun
UK /həˈraɪ.zən/
US /həˈraɪ.zən/

The line far away where the sky seems to meet the ground or sea.

We watched the sun sink below the horizon.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The limit of what a person knows, experiences, or expects.

Traveling abroad broadened her horizons.

3. A layer of soil or rock at a particular depth.

The scientists studied the dark horizon of soil beneath the topsoil.

4. The range of a subject or field of activity.

New technologies opened up fresh horizons in medicine.