gap
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- noun
- /ɡæp/
- Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall.
- a wide gap
- cross a gap
- canopy gaps
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- I do not understand why that little gap is so hard to cover.
- So now I'm just painting the gaps where the skirting meets.
- Well, if I take them sitting with a big gap between, like I've lost.
- Like, you know, the way a door fits in the gap between the door, right?
- Is there like maybe like less of a, a gap for your, your cock?
Examples
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If you are able to notice the gaps, give them attention.
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A strip of almost total darkness fit into the gap of the glass door.
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I do not understand why that little gap is so hard to cover.
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But there will be a gap in between them which is not natural.
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I think I have a solution for that gap in the spring calendar.
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You can quite clearly see in this curve a gap appearing.
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We're gonna fill in some of these gaps by using whatever debris we find.
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As the horses filed out through the gap toward the track, Leone faded back into the crowd.
Fiction book (1990) -
The screws were driven and the gap was filled with polyurethane foam.
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As you exit the train, mind the gap between the train and the station's platform.
Synonyms
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An empty area available for use
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An opening in something, often made by people or nature
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A long narrow opening in a surface
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An opening in a wall, dam, or defence usually made by force
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A space that lets people move through, for example a door
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An empty space between words or lines in writing
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A narrow crack or gap in solid things like rock and clouds
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A deep, wide opening in the ground between cliffs
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A space between two things that keeps them apart
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A wide gap between people, groups, or ideas
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A small hollow space set back into a wall or rock
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A hollow space in the ground or a solid object
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An opening in a surface or structure, like a hole in a wall
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An empty area for writing or filling in information
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A low point on a mountain ridge between two peaks that people use to cross
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A small narrow space between things where dust or air can pass
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A space between two things
A small space between parts of an object
A hole that forms when wood decays or people dig the ground
Antonyms
Compounds
The difference in how much money and comfort rich and poor people have
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The difference between the value of a country's imports and exports over a time period
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A mountain pass between Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee used by early settlers to travel west
- Specialized
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A device with a gap between metal parts where an electrical spark can jump
- Slang
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A year taken after school before university when a young person travels or volunteers
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gap comes from an old English and Norse word like gape, which meant 'wide open' or an 'open mouth'. So a gap is an opening or pass in land or between objects — imagine a wide empty space you can walk through.