| Main Entry: | playtime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recreation |
Synonyms: |
amusement, holiday, leisure, pleasure, recess, vacation |
| Main Entry: | interval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, pause |
Synonyms: |
breach, breathing space, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, parenthesis, pausation, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten, term, time, time-out, wait, while |
| Notes: | an interval is a gap in time or space, whereas an interlude (literally 'between games') generally functions to fill such a gap, thus occupy an interval |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| Main Entry: | recreation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sports, games, special interests |
Synonyms: |
R and R, amusement, avocation, ball*, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, exercise, festivity, field day, frolic, fun, fun and games, game, hilarity, hobby, holiday, jollity, laughs, leisure activity, mirth, pastime, picnic, play, playtime, pleasure, rec, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, rollick, sport, vacation |
Antonyms: |
labor, profession, work |
| Concept: | Interval. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
interval, interspace; separation; break, gap, opening; hole; chasm, hiatus, caesura; interruption, interregnum; interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha., gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm; gulf; inlet, frith, strait, gully; pass; furrow; abra; barranca, barranco; clove [U.S.], gulch [U.S.], notch [U.S.]; yawning gulf; hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus; parenthesis (interjacence); void. (absence) [more]; incompleteness.
-verbs
-adjectives
with an interval, far between; breachy, rimose, rimulose.
-adverbs
at intervals (discontinuously); longo intervallo.
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