an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
HOLE
one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes"
informal terms for the mouth
an opening into or through something
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
an unoccupied space
informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
a fault; "he shot holes in my argument"
make holes in
hit the ball into the hole
an opening deliberately made in or through something
INTERIM
serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement"
the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
LACUNA
an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
a blank gap or missing part
SEPARATION
the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls"
the state of lacking unity
the act of dividing or disconnecting
the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
coming apart
SPACE
place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"
(printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth"
an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor