chink
noun/tʃɪŋk/
Frequency rank: #18,487 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a narrow opening or crack in a surface.
Example sentence
Sunlight filtered through a narrow chink in the old wooden fence.
Synonyms & related words
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