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protection
Noun
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Protection is keeping something or someone safe.
She ran away from her abusive husband to her brother for protection.
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A device used for safe sex e.g. condom.
I used protection so I wouldn't get her pregnant.
interval
Noun
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A distance in space or in time.
There is a ten-minute interval between classes.
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In music, an interval is the difference in pitch between two notes.
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In mathematics, an interval is a connected section of the real line.
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(mostly British) An intermission.
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In the game of cricket, either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.