Interlude

Definition:

  • (n.) A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
  • (n.) A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
  • (n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.

Compare interlude with other words:

interlude vs. interluded

interclude vs. interlude

interlude vs. interluder

interlude vs. mobile

interlude vs. interval

interlude vs. ritornello

interlude vs. respite

break vs. interlude

interlace vs. interlude

interlude vs. resting

interlude vs. intermission

interlude vs. intermezzo

composition vs. interlude

interlude vs. part

interlude vs. play

interlude vs. piece

act vs. interlude

entertainment vs. interlude

episode vs. interlude

interlude vs. intervening

interact vs. interlude