foramen, hiatus
(noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
hiatus
(noun) a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hiatus (countable and uncountable, plural hiatus or hiatuses)
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
An interruption, break or pause.
An unexpected break from work.
(geology) A gap in geological strata.
(anatomy) An opening in an organ.
(linguistics, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
• (gap in series): break
• (interruption, break, pause): breather, moratorium, recess; see also pause
• hutias
Source: Wiktionary
Hi*a"tus, n.; pl. L. Hiatus, E. Hiatuses. Etym: [L., fr. hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See Yawn.]
1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
