· a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
· a narrow fissure in rock
Hypernym(s): crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
· a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
Synonym(s): rupture, breach, break, severance, falling_out
Hypernym(s): separation, breakup, detachment