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
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
