Defenition of the word hiatus

• Defenition of the word hiatus

  • A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript).
  • A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.
  • An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
  • A gap in geological strata.
  • The liaison of two vowels at the end of the one and the beginning of the following word or syllable.
  • an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  • a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
  • a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

Synonyms for the word hiatus

• • abatement
  • break
  • gap
  • interruption
  • interval
  • lull
  • pause
  • reprieve
  • respite
  • space
  • suspension
  • time away

Similar words in the hiatus

• • hiatus
  • hiatus's
  • hiatuses

Hyponyms for the word hiatus

• • defervescence
  • foramen magnum
  • foramen of Monro
  • interventricular foramen
  • Monro's foramen
  • remission
  • remittal
  • subsidence

Hypernyms for the word hiatus

• • abrupt change
  • break
  • gap
  • interruption
  • opening
  • piece

Idioms for the word hiatus

• • hiatus oris

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