ETYM Old Eng. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), from brecan to break; akin to Dan. braek, Mid. High Germ. breche, gap, breach. Related to Break, Brake (the instrument), Brack a break.
(Homonym: breech).
(Irregular plural: breaches).
1. A failure to perform some promised act or obligation.
2. An opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification). + prikaži više

(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

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. + prikaži više

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.

ETYM Old Eng. space, French espace, from Latin spatium space; cf. Greek span to draw, to tear; perh. akin to Eng. span. Related to Expatiate.
1. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
2. An empty area (usually bounded in some way between things).
3. An area reserved for some particular purpose.
4. (Mathematics) Any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind; SYN. topological space.
5. One of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff. + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. French vacance.
Being unoccupied.

An empty area or space; SYN. vacancy, emptiness.