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   hiatus

   /hʌɪˈeɪtəs/

   noun

   • 1. a pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity: "there was a brief hiatus in the war with France" Similar pausebreakintervalinterruptionsuspensionintermissioninterludegaplacunalullrestrespitebreathing spacetime outrecessinformal:breatherlet-uparchaic:surcease
   • ▪ a break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable, as in the ear and cooperate. Similar openingaperturecavityholegapcleftbreachfissureforamen

   Word Origin mid 16th century (originally denoting a physical gap): from Latin, literally ‘gaping’, from hiare ‘gape’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hiatal adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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