Gap

What do we mean by gap?

An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach. noun

A break in a line of defense. noun

An opening through mountains; a pass. noun

A space between objects or points; an aperture. noun

An interruption of continuity. noun

A conspicuous difference or imbalance; a disparity. noun

A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity. noun

A spark gap. noun

To make an opening or openings in. intransitive verb

To make or adjust a space between (objects or points) or in (a device). intransitive verb

To be or become open. intransitive verb

To notch or jag; cut into teeth like those of a saw.

To make a break or opening in, as a fence, a wall, or any mass of matter.

To cause a hiatus of any kind in; cause to lose consecutiveness or continuity.

A break or opening, as in a fence, a wall, or the like; a breach; a chasm; a way of passage, as between rocks or through a mountain; a vacant space. noun

Specifically A deep sloping ravine, notch, or cleft cutting a mountain-ridge. noun

In general, any hiatus, breach, or interruption of consecutiveness or continuity: as, a gap in an argument. noun

See the extract, and break-lathe. noun

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

An opening allowing passage or entrance.

An opening that implies a breach or defect.

A vacant space or time.

A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.

A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.

A mountain or hill pass.

A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).

The regions between the outfielders.

(for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.

(usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.

An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.

Words that are spelled similarly to gap:
gap.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gap:
filler, gaps, cumberland, ridge, lap, lengths, filled, mountain, junction, mountains, trail, literacy, seconds, tennessee, creek.

Words that rhyme with gap:
cap, snap, shap, tap, trap, map, app, sap, wrap, rap, scrap, lap, nap, flap, overlap, crap, recap, strap, mishap, zap, slap, clap, bootstrap, pap, chap, asap, handicap, hap, yap, frappe, kidnap, madcap, burlap, jap, stopgap, frap, kneecap, entrap, catnap, wiretap, mousetrap, nappe, hubcap, lapp, ascap, zapp, knapp, flytrap, skycap, booby trap, liberty cap, unwrap, saran wrap, backslap, spinal tap, sand trap, napp, water tap, trapp, rapp, sketch map, tapp, yapp, dapp, nsdap, plastic wrap, schappe, mapp, cold snap, bubble wrap, giap, trappe, kapp, capp, chin strap, papp, peaked cap, sapp, stocking cap, gift wrap, death cap, stapp, frapp, cervical cap, tent flap, clapp, cradle cap, dimetapp, speed trap, shrap, flat cap, root cap, weather map, relief map, watch cap, toboggan cap, take a crap, slapp, snapp, cloth cap.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gap:
wide, large, small, great, narrow, big, huge, significant, cultural, long, considerable, technological, serious, economic, inflationary, enormous, unbridgeable, major, year, larger, racial, substantial, wider, vast, optical, educational, apparent, smaller, average, obvious, recessionary, called, tremendous, slight, inch, largest, critical, initial, temporal, relative, logical, mile, synaptic, tiny, clear, annular, generational, dangerous, conceptual, explanatory, rural, semantic, immense, fundamental, broad, indirect, fiscal, minimum, deflationary, absolute, urban, distinct, stop, female, ideological, persistent, air, vertical, practice.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective gap:
junctions, filling, measure, semiconductors, measures, model, materials, material, arrangement, junction, states, method, technique, phase, analysis, theory, solution, filler, approach, fillers, power, structure, acceptance, reluctance, solutions, frame, light, toothed, problem, job, position, layer, head, hypothesis, ministry, detection, tooth, closing, arrangements, policies, device, genes, compounds, resonators, reduction, space, layers, heads, switches, uncertainty, fields, fig, lengths, jobs, formation, crossing, insulators, location, crystals, teeth, generators, dependency, index, transitions, regions, arrester, operation, appointment, leader, grading, fluxes, concept, turns, converters, penalties, adjustment, dimensions, cavity, arresters, equation.

Consonant match to gap:
gape, goop, gapp.

Words that sound like gap:
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