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Definition hiatus in American English

hiatus noun

[countable] noun
/haɪˈeɪtəs/
1

a period of time when something does not happen

Synonyms and related words
pause interval halt quiet peace lull
2

a pause between two vowel sounds that come one after the other, for example in the word naive

Synonyms and related words
affricate alveolar articulator
Definition hiatus in American English