word list: Hiatus, respite, aperture, interregnum, cleft, aperture, chap, crevice, fissure, cranny, porta, obturate, occlude
small opening:
aperture
long narrow crack: fissure. scissure, cleft.
long narrow crack: fissure. scissure, cleft.
Example:
For flash photography, set the aperture at f.5.6
The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags
Eagles often nest in a cleft in the rocks.
fissures in a decaying empire
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Small crack is interstice
Long narrow crack: crevice, cranny
Example:
The wall was crumbling with plants growing in the interstices of the bricks.
The harsh light revealed every crevice and wrinkle in his face.
There were small plants growing in every nook and cranny of the wall.
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hole, opening: porta, orifice
large crack in rock/ground: rift. That’s all!
Example:
I was stuffing cake into every available orifice.
The stream had cut a deep rift in the rock.
The marriage caused a rift between the brothers and they didn't speak to each other for ten years.
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