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Gap

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.

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Narrower term 28

Abruption 76% connected

A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

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Blank 76% connected

Of a white or pale color; without color.

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Breach 76% connected

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

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Chasm 76% connected

A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.

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Cleft 76% connected

of Cleave

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Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Crevice 76% connected

A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

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Diastema 76% connected

A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.

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Fissure 76% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

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Foramen 76% connected

A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.

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Hiatus 76% connected

of Hiatus

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Hole 76% connected

Whole.

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Interjection 76% connected

The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.

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Interpellation 76% connected

The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption.

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Interpolation 76% connected

The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.

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Interposition 76% connected

The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

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Lacuna 76% connected

A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Pocket 76% connected

A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

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Rent 76% connected

of Rend

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Rift 76% connected

p. p. of Rive.

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Rip 76% connected

A wicker fish basket.

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Scissure 76% connected

A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.

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Snag 76% connected

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

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Split 76% connected

of Split

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Tear 76% connected

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moiste…

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Window 76% connected

An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material,…

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Conflict 76% connected

A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

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Delay 76% connected

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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Difference 76% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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Disparity 76% connected

Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, y…

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Dispute 76% connected

To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wra…

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Notch 76% connected

A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Derivationally related 6

Breach 74% connected

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

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Breach 74% connected

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

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Disrupt 74% connected

Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

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Disrupt 74% connected

Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

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Open 74% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Open 74% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Containing whole 1

Surface 70% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Synonym 8

Breach 92% connected

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

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Break 92% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Col 92% connected

A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

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Crack 92% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Disruption 92% connected

The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks…

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Interruption 92% connected

The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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Opening 92% connected

of Open

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Spread 92% connected

of Spread

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