gap
gap is a 3-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.
- transitive verb. To notch, as a sword or knife.
- transitive verb. To make an opening in; to breach.
- noun. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
"it was presented without commercial breaks"
"there was a gap in his account"
- noun. a narrow opening
"he opened the window a crack"
- noun. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
"gap between income and outgo"
"the spread between lending and borrowing costs"
- noun. a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- noun. a pass between mountain peaks
- noun. an open or empty space in or between things
"there was a small opening between the trees"
"the explosion made a gap in the wall"
- verb. make an opening or gap in
Synonyms
break, disruption, interruption, crack, spread, col, opening, breach
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gap:
Common word forms
gaps, gaped, gaper, gapes, gaping, gapped, gapper, gapless, gapping
Words from these letters
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