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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, cleft, crack, crevice, cut, fissure, gap, hole, rift, slit, slot, space |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ray of light |
| Synonyms: | bar, beacon, chink, column, dartle, emission, finger, flicker, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, laser, radiation, ray, shaft, shimmer, shoot, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | cleft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, gap |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, breach, canyon, chasm, chink, cleavage, clough, clove, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, fissure, fracture, gorge, gulch, opening, ravine, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, schism, slit |
| Antonyms: | closing, closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | clink |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | bang against, ring |
| Synonyms: | chink, clang, jangle, jingle, sound, tingle, tinkle |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, crevice |
| Synonyms: | breach, chink, chip, cleft, cranny, crevasse, cut, discontinuity, division, fissure, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, interval, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, split |
| Main Entry: | cranny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nook, opening |
| Synonyms: | breach, byplace, chink, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, gap, hole, interstice, niche |
| Notes: | the difference between a nook and a cranny is that the nook is a corner and a cranny is a crack |
| Main Entry: | crevice/crevasse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crack, gap |
| Synonyms: | abyss, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, cut, division, fissure, fracture, hole, interstice, opening, precipice, rent, rift, slit, split |
| Main Entry: | hole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening in a solid object |
| Synonyms: | aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, fissure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided |
| Antonyms: | closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | interstice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening, crack |
| Synonyms: | aperture, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice, fissure, gap, hole, interval, slit, space |
| Antonyms: | closing, closure |
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