noun🔗ShareA gap in a series, making it incomplete."After a long hiatus from playing the piano, I took up lessons again. "gapperiodtimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn interruption, break or pause."After a long summer hiatus, school resumed in September. "timegapperiodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn unexpected break from work."Due to a family emergency, the teacher is taking a sudden hiatus from school. "worktimejobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA gap in geological strata."The excavation revealed a hiatus in the rock layers, indicating a period of time when no sediment was deposited. "geologygapChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn opening in an organ."Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass."anatomyorganphysiologybodymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)"Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus."languagelinguisticsphoneticsgrammarwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
