· an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
Synonym(s): break, disruption, gap
· some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
Synonym(s): break
Hypernym(s): happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural_event
· a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
Synonym(s): pause, intermission, break, suspension
Hypernym(s): time_interval, interval