[{"word":"hiatuses","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A gap in a series, making it incomplete.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An interruption, break or pause.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An unexpected break from work.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A gap in geological strata.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An opening in an organ.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass."},{"definition":"A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus."}],"synonyms":["break","breather","moratorium","recess"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hiatus","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hiatuses"]}]