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interstices

noun , plural of interstice

Synonyms and Antonyms of interstices

1 a break in continuity

there's an occasional interstice in the tedium, but most of the novel is boring

Synonyms of interstices

discontinuities, gaps, hiatuses, hiccups (also hiccoughs), interims, interludes, intermissions, interregnums (or interregna), interruptions, intervals, parentheses

Words Related to interstices

caesuras (or caesurae), commas, interspaces, lags, pauses, spaces, time lags, windows

adjournments, discontinuances, lapses, suspensions

lulls, recesses, respites, rests

Near Antonyms of interstices

continua (also continuums), runs, stretches

processions, progressions

Antonyms of interstices

continuations, continuities

2 an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)

pesky weeds growing in the interstices between the flagstones

Synonyms of interstices

breaches, breaks, discontinuities, gaps, gulfs, hiatuses, holes, intervals, openings, rents, rifts, separations, voids

Words Related to interstices

chinks, clefts, cracks, crannies, crevices, fissures

notches, slits, slots, splits

interspaces, pores

abysses, apertures, cavities, chasms, gapes, orifices

fractures, ruptures, severances

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