| gap | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. gap, spread | a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs" |
| ~ disparity | inequality or difference in some respect. |
| n. (object) | 2. gap, opening | an open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" |
| ~ pocket | an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck. |
| ~ diastema | a gap or vacant space between two teeth. |
| ~ nodes of ranvier, ranvier's nodes | small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons. |
| ~ foramen, hiatus | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure. |
| ~ breach | an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification). |
| ~ chasm | a deep opening in the earth's surface. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ hole | an opening into or through something. |
| ~ mouth | an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge).; "he rode into the mouth of the canyon"; "they built a fire at the mouth of the cave" |
| ~ rift | a gap between cloud masses.; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds" |
| ~ rent, rip, tear, snag, split | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" |
| ~ earth's surface, surface | the outermost level of the land or sea.; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" |
| ~ window | an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function.; "he could see them through a window in the trees" |
| ~ space | an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things).; "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. crack, gap | a narrow opening.; "he opened the window a crack" |
| ~ lacuna, blank | a blank gap or missing part. |
| ~ opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made.; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" |
| ~ spark gap | the gap between two high-potential terminals. |
| n. (object) | 4. col, gap | a pass between mountain peaks. |
| ~ mountain pass, notch, pass | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" |
| ~ water gap | a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows. |
| ~ wind gap | a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it. |
| n. (communication) | 5. gap | a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations. |
| ~ difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important.; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" |
| ~ generation gap | a difference between the views of young people and their parents. |
| n. (act) | 6. break, disruption, gap, interruption | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" |
| ~ cut-in, insert | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film. |
| ~ cut-in, insert | (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program. |
| ~ delay, holdup | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time. |
| ~ interposition, interjection, interpellation, interpolation | the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts. |
| ~ abruption, breaking off | an instance of sudden interruption. |
| ~ barracking, heckling | shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree. |
| v. (contact) | 7. breach, gap | make an opening or gap in. |
| ~ open, open up | cause to open or to become open.; "Mary opened the car door" |
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