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buco — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gap noun An empty space or opening between two things, or a break in something continuous.
  • hiatus noun A gap or interruption in something that would otherwise be continuous.
  • hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  • hovel noun A small, poorly built and often squalid dwelling; a shack.
  • pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.

Senses

buco is used for these senses in English:

  • gap An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
  • hiatus A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
  • hole An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
  • hole (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
  • hole (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
  • hole (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
  • hovel (pejorative) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
  • pit Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

gap — full definition

  1. noun An empty space or opening between two things, or a break in something continuous.
  2. noun A difference or shortfall between two things, especially an unfair or worrying one.
  3. verb To leave open or unfilled, creating a gap; also, to stare open-mouthed.

hiatus — full definition

  1. noun A gap or interruption in something that would otherwise be continuous.
  2. noun A gap or opening, used in technical contexts such as anatomy or geology.

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