Word of the DayFriday December 8, 2006
Interstice \in-TUR-stuhs\, noun;
plural interstices \in-TUR-stuh-seez; -suhz\:1. A space between things or parts, especially a space between things closely set; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; an interval.2. An interval of time.
Out in the harbor, boats are gridlocked: who knows how they got there, or how they will get away? The filthy water is barely visible in the interstices of smokestack, hull, and sail.-- Larry Duberstein, The Handsome Sailor
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