(Homonym: brake).
1. The occurrence of breaking.
2. A sudden dash.
3. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; SYN. interruption, disruption, gap.
4. An escape from jail; SYN. breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking.
5. An unexpected piece of good luck; SYN. good luck, happy chance.
6. (Tennis) A score consisting of winning a game when one's opponent was serving; SYN. break of serve.
7. The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool. + prikaži više

1. One who breathes.
2. A pause; a break from some activity or effort.
3. A small vent in an otherwise airtight enclosure

ETYM Latin intermissio: cf. French intermission. Related to Intermit.
The act of suspending activity temporarily.

1. A set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints.
2. The difference in pitch between two notes; SYN. musical interval.
3. The distance between things; SYN. separation.
In music, the pitch difference between two notes, expressed in terms of the diatonic scale, for example a fifth, or as a harmonic ratio, 3:2. + prikaži više

ETYM French, from Latin pausa. Related to Pose.
(Homonym: paws).
1. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something; SYN. intermission, break, interruption, suspension.
2. Temporary inactivity.

(Homonym: wrest).
1. A state of inaction.
2. A support on which things can be put.
3. Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); SYN. eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus.