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Synonyms for interstice

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-tur-stis
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɜr stɪs

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Définition of interstice

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French interstice (14c.) and directly from Latin interstitium "interval," literally "space between," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + stem of stare "to stand" (see stet). Related: Interstices.
  • noun opening, crack
Example sentences :
  • Through an interstice she was able to see all the persons seated at the other table.
  • Extract from : « The City of Delight » by Elizabeth Miller
  • There was only one crack, and that a very little one; nevertheless he worked his claws into the interstice and dug.
  • Extract from : « Lives of the Fur Folk » by M. D. Haviland
  • Krupp bent down and glanced through an interstice of a partition at a clock in the corridor.
  • Extract from : « The Price of Love » by Arnold Bennett
  • There was an interstice through which I got my hand, and put that figure-peg in place again.
  • Extract from : « The Voodoo Gold Trail » by Walter Walden
  • He had noticed that the door was not quite closed, and the interstice irresistibly fascinated him.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Share » by E. Arnold Bennett
  • I showed him that the sliver taken from the slipper fitted exactly the interstice I had indicated.
  • Extract from : « The Triumphs of Eugne Valmont » by Robert Barr
  • An interstice left open between the two flaps permitted a fall view of the interior.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
  • He made a movement to close the door, but Marcos put his thickly booted foot in the interstice.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Silence broods in the arena, and in every interstice the maidenhair fern grows rife among the decaying stones.
  • Extract from : « Old Continental Towns » by Walter M. Gallichan
  • There seemed to be no interstice, no crevice into which he might insert the keen probe of his marvelous deductive power.
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

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