1. Espace vide.
2. (Au figuré) Insuffisance. Une lacune de la loi.
ETYM Old Eng. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Swed. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj, wide, spacious. Related to Gape.
1. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; SYN. spread.
2. A narrow opening; SYN. crack.
ETYM Latin, from hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to Eng. yawn. Related to Yawn.
(Irregular plural: hiatuses).
1. A gap, in time or in space.
2. 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.
Gap; pause, especially between vowels.
ETYM Old Eng. hol, hole, AS. hol, hole, cavern, from hol, hollow.
(Homonym: whole).
1. A depression hollowed out of solid matter; SYN. hollow.
2. A fault.
3. An opening deliberately made in or through something.
4. An opening into or through something.
5. An unoccupied space.
6. One unit of play from tee to green on a golf course.
ETYM Old Eng. lak; cf. Dutch lak slander, laken to blame, Old High Germ. lahan, as. leán.
The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; SYN. deficiency, want.
ETYM Latin, ditch, pit, lake, orig., anything hollow. Related to Lagoon.
A blank space or missing part; SYN. blank.
Gap; interval; hiatus.
A blank space or missing part.