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# interstice

«interstice» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very small gap or space between things that are close…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an interstice, interstices — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) A very small gap or space between things that are close together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/#m1)

2) (formal) A small gap in time or in a set of ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal science and writing word: water fills the interstices between grains of sand; moss grows in the interstices of a stone wall. Pupils usually say "gaps" or "spaces". Phrases: the interstices of, in the interstices.

### examples

- Water fills the interstices between the grains of sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/#x1)
- Tiny plants grew in the interstices of the old wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/#x2)
- Air moves through the interstices in the soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/#x3)
- Light came through the interstices of the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/#x4)
- Small insects hide in the interstices of tree bark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/#x5)
- In the interstices of her busy day, she read a few pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/#x6)

### note

Formal and rare; plural interstices (said "in-TER-stiss-eez"). Everyday words: gap, crack, space. In science, the spaces between soil or rock particles are also called pores.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «interstice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.