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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening, crack |
| Synonyms: | aperture, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice, fissure, gap, hole, interval, slit, space |
| Antonyms: | closing, closure |
| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty space |
| Synonyms: | abyss, cavity, chasm, emptiness, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollowness, interstice, interval, lacuna, nihility, nothingness, nullity, omission, opening, preterition, pretermission, skip, tabula rasa, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, womb |
| 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: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
| Antonyms: | closure |
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, hole |
| Synonyms: | aperture, breach, break, cavity, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, discontinuity, door, fissure, hatch, interstice, mouth, orifice, outlet, perforation, recess, rent, rift, rupture, scuttle, slit, slot, space, split, spout, tear, vent, window |
| Antonyms: | closing, closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | crevice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crack |
| Synonyms: | abyss, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevasse, cut, division, fissure, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, opening, precipice, rent, rift, slit, split |
| Notes: | crevasse is a deep crack or opening, especially in a glacier or ice field; crevice is a narrow opening or fissure in a rock, wall, or floor |
| Main Entry: | interspace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack*, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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