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Word entry · 3 letters

gap

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"Opening between things"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ɡæp/Part of speech noun, verbSorted agpStarts with GEnds with P5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English gap /gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”). Doublet of gape.

Used in a sentence

  • He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
  • We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
  • There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Opening between things3 letters
02Space between teeth, maybe3 letters
03Space between two things3 letters
04Space between3 letters
05Opening or difference3 letters

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