cleft

IPA: kɫˈɛft

(linguistics) To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."

Examples of "cleft" in Sentences

Clinical outcomes in cleft lip and palate surgery.
Ardel came to St. Louis and took a crash course in cleft-palate repair.
Native runner arrives from capital with letter wedged in cleft of stick.
Your child should see a plastic surgeon who specializes in cleft palate and velopharyngeal incompetence.
Harelip, also known as cleft palate, is a birth defect that occurs when the tissues form the upper lip do not join in the middle.
We have obtained some of Mr. Jackson's excess body tissues (particularly from the chin cleft area) and have extracted DNA from these tissues.
In other words, any derivative work cleft from the rib of Facebook must visibly bear the mark of the “Initial Developer”, namely, Facebook, Inc., and include the following:
She stayed six weeks, observing patients at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital for leprosy patients at Carville, La., and taking a crash course in cleft-palate repair at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
It was supposed to be inaccessible till Dr. Grohmann's time, when the fortunate discovery of a certain cleft by one of his Cortina guides, opened the way to the German cragsman and to all who should come after him.