Definitions for hiatus

Overview of noun hiatus

The noun hiatus has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement

(an interruption in the intensity or amount of something)

2. hiatus

(a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript))

3. foramen, hiatus

(a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure)