interlude

About 1.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An intervening episode, etc.
2. noun An entertainment between the acts of a play.
3. noun A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.
4. verb To provide with an interlude.
5. verb To serve as an interlude.

Similar words

intermezzo parenthesis interruption digression pause episode lull recess respite break

Often followed by

of in between and with was is to for

Word family

interludes