small gap
Frequency: 8.015.5 per million words
A general term for a gap that is not large.
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- Slide the bookshelf closer; there's a small gap between it and the wall.
- The engineer sealed a small gap in the pipe with epoxy.
- Mind the small gap when boarding the train.
- After a small gap in her career, she retrained as a teacher.
- The study found only a small gap in test scores between the two groups.
- He squeezed through a small gap in the hedge.
- We left a small gap at the top to allow for ventilation.
- A small gap opened up in the defense, and he ran through it.
- Could you fill the small gap with caulk to stop the draft?
- There was a small gap in the conversation, then she changed the subject.