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Word entry · 6 letters

lacuna

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"Missing part"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ləˈk(j)uː.nə/Part of speech nounSorted aaclnuStarts with LEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A blank gap or missing part.

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”). Doublet of lacune and lagoon.

Used in a sentence

  • "Our young friend makes up for many obvious mental lacunæ by some measure of primitive common sense," remarked Challenger.
  • Long lacunae in this inscription make interpretation difficult.
  • For Beatrice Nutter, there will always be conspicuous lacunae in our mutual understanding, but after almost 30 years here, the anomalies now delight rather than confound her.

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