interlude

interlude is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
2. noun. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
3. noun. A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
4. noun. a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance

   Synonyms: entracte, intermezzo

5. noun. an intervening period or episode
6. verb. perform an interlude

   "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"

Synonyms

entracte, intermezzo

Common word forms

interluder, interludes

Words from these letters

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