gap /gap/

1. An opening or breach
2. A cleft
3. A passage
4. A notch or pass in a mountain ridge
5. A gorge (US)
6. A break in continuity
7. An interval
8. An unfilled space, a lack
9. A divergence, disparity
10. The space between discharge electrodes, over which a spark can jump (also spark gap; elec eng)
11. A break in the magnetic circuit of the recording or erasing head of a tape recorder, which allows the signal to interact with the oxide film (electronics)

1. To make a gap in
2. To notch (rare, dialect)

gappˈer noun (informal)

A person taking a gap year

gappˈy adjective

Full of gaps

gap analysis noun (marketing)

A method of discovering gaps in the market for possible new products, by checking off consumer wants against qualities of products available and noting where these do not coincide

gap funding noun

Money provided by the government to private concerns in order to ensure that the development of unused and unattractive sites is profitable

gap junction noun (biology)

A junction which allows direct communication between cells by molecules which can diffuse through pores in the junction

gap site noun

A piece of land in a built-up area lying empty because the building which once stood on it has been demolished

gapˈ-toothed adjective

With teeth set wide apart

gap year noun

A year spent by a student between school and university doing non-academic activities such as voluntary work abroad

bridge, close, fill or stop the gap

To supply what is lacking

• as the crow flies
• as then
• asthenia
• asthenias
• asthenic
• asthenics
• asthenosphere
• asthenospheres
• as thick as a plank
• as thick as thieves
• as thick as two short planks
• asthma
• asthmas
• asthmatic
• asthmatical
• asthmatically
• asthmatics
• asthore
• asthores
• as though
• Asti
• astichous
• a stiff upper lip
• astigmatic
• astigmatically