What does hiatus mean in crosswords?

hiatus means: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

Which crossword clues can have hiatus as the answer?

Possible clues for hiatus include "Pause or gap", "Break in continuity".

Word entry · 6 letters

Best crossword clue

"Pause or gap"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /haɪˈeɪtəs/Part of speech nounSorted ahistuStarts with HEnds with S2 cluesCommon crossword word

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Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hiō (“stand open, yawn”).

“Even the mechanical engineer comes at last to an end of his figures, and must stand up, a practical man, face to face with the discrepancies of nature and the hiatuses of theory.”
“The band decided to go on hiatus, citing creative differences.”
“It is wonderful that you should have slipped back into your American life so easily after your English hiatus.”

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01“Pause or gap”6 letters

02“Break in continuity”6 letters

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