About The Word Lacuna
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Lacuna
Lacuna Definition And Meaning |
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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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