time-out

Nouns

  • (n) a brief suspension of play
    • each team has two time-outs left
  • (n) a pause from doing something (as work)
    • we took a 10-minute break
    • he took time out to recuperate
    respite, break, recess,

Synonyms

respite break recess

Words of close approximity

time off
time out of mind