interstice
noun/ɪnˈtɜːstɪs/
/ɪnˈtɜːrstɪs/
[usually plural] (formal)- a small break or space in somethingWord Originlate Middle English: from Latin interstitium, from intersistere ‘stand between’, from inter- ‘between’ + sistere ‘to stand’.
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