| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
Synonyms: |
breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
ajar, aperient, cannular, cribiform, fistulous, follicular, foraminous, gaping, hiant, honey, lacunulose, leachy, open, opening, oscitant, patent, perforated, permeable, pervious, porous, riddled, ringent, tubicolous, tubular, tubulated, tubulous, unclosed, unstopped, upaithric, vascular, vermiculated, vesicular, wide open, yawning
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| Main Entry: | breach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
Synonyms: |
aperture, break, chasm, chip, cleft, crack, discontinuity, fissure, hole, opening, rent, rift, rupture, slit, split |
| Notes: | breach is an infraction, gap, or break; breech is the rear or lower portion of things |
Antonyms: |
bridge, connection |
| Main Entry: | chink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
Synonyms: |
aperture, cleft, crack, crevice, cut, fissure, gap, hole, rift, slit, slot, space |
| 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: | door |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entrance to room, building |
Synonyms: |
aperture, egress, entry, entryway, exit, gate, gateway, hatch, hatchway, ingress, opening, portal, postern, slammer |
| 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: | hiatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, interruption |
Synonyms: |
aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, discontinuity, gap, interim, interval, lacuna, lapse, opening, rift, space |
Antonyms: |
continuation, continuity |
| 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 |
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 |