cleavage

Main Entry:
cleavage [klee-vij]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gap
Synonyms: break, chasm, cleft, discontinuity, divide, division, fracture, hole, rift, schism, separation, severance, split, valley
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: cut
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: incision
Synonyms: carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound
Main Entry: fracture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break, rupture
Synonyms: breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, displacement, fissure, fragmentation, gap, mutilation, opening, rent, rift, schism, severance, splinter, split, wound
Main Entry: incision
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cut, slit
Synonyms: carving, cleavage, cleft, dissection, gash, groove, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, pierce, slash, stab, wound
Main Entry: rent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: opening, split
Synonyms: breach, break, chink, cleavage, crack, discord, dissension, division, faction, fissure, flaw, fracture, gash, hole, perforation, rift, rip, rupture, schism, slash, slit, tatter, tear
Antonyms: closed
Main Entry: rift
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break, crack
Synonyms: breach, chink, cleavage, cleft, cranny, crevice, fault, fissure, flaw, fracture, gap, hiatus, interruption, interval, opening, parting, rent, rima, rime, space, split
Antonyms: closing, closure
Main Entry: rip
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tear, cut
Synonyms: cleavage, gash, hole, laceration, rent, slash, slit, split
Antonyms: closure
Main Entry: rupture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break, split
Synonyms: breach, burst, cleavage, cleft, crack, division, fissure, fracture, hernia, herniation, parting, rent, schism, tear
Antonyms: closing, closure
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