INTERSTICE Synonyms

• a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a narrow opening

• a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks

• a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• make an opening or gap in

• a long narrow opening

• obscene terms for female genitals

• a depression scratched or carved into a surface

• a narrow fissure

• make a clean cut through

• cut a slit into

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

• an unexpected piece of good luck

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• a pause from doing something (as work)

• the act of breaking something

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• the occurrence of breaking

• an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

• the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

• (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• a sudden dash

• any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

• an escape from jail

• terminate or end

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• render inoperable or ineffective

• ruin completely

• destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• move away or escape suddenly

• scatter or part

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• prevent completion

• enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

• make submissive, obedient, or useful

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• surpass in excellence

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• come into being

• stop operating or functioning

• interrupt a continued activity

• make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

• curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

• lessen in force or effect

• be broken in

• come to an end

• vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

• cause to give up a habit

• give up

• come forth or begin from a state of latency

• happen or take place

• cause the failure or ruin of

• invalidate by judicial action

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• reduce to bankruptcy

• change directions suddenly

• emerge from the surface of a body of water

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• do a break dance

• exchange for smaller units of money

• destroy the completeness of a set of related items

• make the opening shot that scatters the balls

• separate from a clinch, in boxing

• go to pieces

• break a piece from a whole

• become punctured or penetrated

• pierce or penetrate

• be released or become known; of news

• cease an action temporarily

• interrupt the flow of current in

• undergo breaking

• find a flaw in

• find the solution or key to

• change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

• happen

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• crack; of the male voice in puberty

• fall sharply

• fracture a bone of

• diminish or discontinue abruptly

• weaken or destroy in spirit or body

• an opening into or through something

• an opening deliberately made in or through something

• one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course

• an unoccupied space

• a depression hollowed out of solid matter

• a fault

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• informal terms for the mouth

• hit the ball into the hole

• make holes in

• a definite length of time marked off by two instants

• a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints

• the distance between things

• the difference in pitch between two notes

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable

• a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)

• a time assigned on a schedule or agenda

• a position in a hierarchy or organization

• the trail of an animal (especially a deer)

• (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board

• a slot machine that is used for gambling

• assign a time slot

• the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

• an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)

• an area reserved for some particular purpose

• any location outside the Earth's atmosphere

• a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

• the interval between two times

• a blank area

• one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff

• (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences

• place at intervals

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a long narrow cleft

• (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

• break into fissures or fine cracks