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keyholes

  • plural
    of keyhole.
    keyhole
    noun
    a hole for inserting a key in a lock, especially one in the shape of a circle with a rectangle having a width smaller than the diameter of the circle projecting from the bottom.

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You can cover external keyholes and add a flap or brush to your letterbox, or hang a door curtain.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

These can range from cavities that look like keyholes to compressed circles to wedge shapes, which all fit smaller eyes than could same-sized round sockets.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2022

Several split in the middle, leaving gaping shapes that framed the disaster like keyholes into a broken world.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2020

Entering the Moongate Garden requires walking through one of two nine-foot-tall pink granite “moongates,” which resemble keyholes to another world.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2019

Vacated lockers were scrubbed, mattresses fumigated, brass coat hooks, doorknobs and keyholes were buffed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan