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Word entry · 9 letters

interlude

Best crossword clue

"Brief pause"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted deeilnrtuStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a brief show (music or dance etc.) inserted between the sections of a longer performance

Word origin

From Latin inter- (“between”) + lūdō (“to play”).

Used in a sentence

  • Jimmy Jam, co-producer of Ms. Jackson’s heavily interluded and influential 1989 album, “Rhythm Nation 1814” (and producer of a forthcoming album by Usher with interludes), also defended them.
  • During some brief, interluding, silent pauses in their interview thus far, Pierre had heard a soft, slow, sad, to-and-fro, meditative stepping on the floor above; […]

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