- a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells.
- an air space in the cellular tissue of plants.
- a gap or space, esp in a book or manuscript
- a cavity or depression, such as any of the spaces in the matrix of bone
- another name for coffer (def. 3)
