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Lacuna

Lacuna Meaning & Definition
Lacuna Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lacuna?

[n] an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
[n] a blank gap or missing part

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lacuna: blank | caisson | coffer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lacuna: alveolation | alveolus | antrum | aperture | armpit | arrearage | basin | bowl | breach | break | broaching | caesura | cavity | cessation | chasm | check | clearance | clearing | cleft | concave | concavity | crack | crater | crypt | cup | defalcation | defect | deficiency | deficit | depression | dip | disclosure | discontinuity | distance between | double space | em space | en space | fenestra | fissure | fistula | fold | follicle | fontanel | foramen | freeboard | funnel chest | gap | gape | gat | gulf | hair space | half space | hiatus | hole | hollow | hollow shell | inlet | interim | intermediate space | intermission | interruption | interspace | interstice | interval | jump | lack | laying open | leak | leap | leeway | letup | lull | margin | missing link | need | omission | opening | opening up | orifice | outage | outlet | passageway | pause | pit | pocket | pore | punch bowl | room | scoop | shell | shortage | single space | sink | sinus | slot | socket | space | space between | split | stoma | suspension | throwing open | time interval | trough | ullage | uncorking | unstopping | vug | want | wantage | yawn

See Also | crack | gap | panel

Lacuna In Webster's Dictionary

\La*cu"na\, n.; pl. L. {Lacun[ae]}; E. {Lacunas}. [L., ditch, pit, lake, orig., anything hollow. See {Lagoon}.] 1. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. 2. (Biol.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.

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