h 4 i 1 a 1 t 1 u 1 s 1
6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
noun a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
noun a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
originLearned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hiō (“stand open, yawn”).
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