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Noun lacuna has 2 senses
- lacuna, blank - a blank gap or missing part
--1 is a kind of gap, crack
- coffer, caisson, lacuna - an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
--2 is a kind of panel
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Definitions from the Web
Lacuna
A lacuna is a gap, missing part, or a hole in something. It can refer to both physical or abstract concepts.
Examples:
As a noun:
- In a historical text, there may be a lacuna in the narrative due to missing pages.
- Her memory had a lacuna, and she couldn't recall what had happened.
As a verb:
- The novel cleverly lacunaed some of the protagonist's backstory, leaving the readers intrigued.
- He lacunaed the document to hide sensitive information.
As an adjective:
- There was a lacuna moment in the conversation when nobody knew what to say.
- The museum's guide pointed out the lacuna exhibit as one of the most popular.
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