rent

rent

noun

Definition of RENT

1

a long deep cut <getting her skirt caught on a nail resulted in a four-inch rent that she couldn't possibly repair>

Synonyms incision, laceration, rent, rip, slash, slit, tear

Related Words abrasion, score, scrape, scratch; injury, wound; crack, fracture, rupture, snag

2

an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge) <peered through the rent in the old garden wall for a glimpse of her mysterious new neighbor>

Synonyms breach, break, discontinuity, gulf, hiatus, hole, interstice, interval, opening, rent, rift, separation, void

Related Words chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure; notch, slit, slot, split; interspace, pore; abyss, aperture, cavity, chasm, gape, orifice; fracture, rupture, severance, sundering