gap
noun
[ ɡap ]
• a break or hole in an object or between two objects.
• "he peeped through the gap in the curtains"
Similar:
opening,
aperture,
space,
breach,
chink,
slit,
slot,
vent,
crack,
crevice,
cranny,
cavity,
hole,
orifice,
interstice,
perforation,
break,
fracture,
rift,
rent,
fissure,
cleft,
divide,
discontinuity,
scission,
grike,
• a space or interval; a break in continuity.
• "there are many gaps in our understanding of what happened"
Similar:
pause,
intermission,
interval,
interlude,
delay,
break,
breathing space,
breather,
respite,
hiatus,
recess,
omission,
blank,
blank space,
empty space,
lacuna,
void,
vacuity,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse, ‘chasm’; related to gape.
