hiatus
(noun)
noun
1. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Similar word(s): abatement, reprieve, respite, suspension
Definition categories: event, break, interruption
2. a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
Definition categories: communication, piece
3. a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
Similar word(s): foramen
Definition categories: body, gap, opening
Sentences with hiatus as a noun:
- The band took a hiatus for three months.
- Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.