perforated

[pur-fuh-rey-tid]

adjective

1. pierced with a hole or holes.

   Punch out along the perforated line.

2. Philately.,  (of a number of stamps joined together) having rows of closely spaced perforations dividing each stamp from the others.

3. marked by or having perforation.

   a perforated ulcer.

perforated

/ ˈpɜːfəˌreɪtɪd /

adjective

1. pierced with one or more holes

2. perf. (esp of stamps) having perforations

Other Word Forms

• multiperforated adjective
• nonperforated adjective
• postperforated adjective
• unperforated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of perforated¹

First recorded in 1480–90; perforate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Paris Jackson, daughter of Michael Jackson, gets candid about the toll taken by her past drug use, including a perforated septum.

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She started by securing the property’s front entrance with recycled perforated screens and new landscaping.

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Drug misuse, chemical exposure, autoimmune diseases and infections are among the conditions that can cause a perforated septum.

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Dozens of pasta formats, made with flour from the company’s own mill, are shaped by traditional bronze dies, or perforated disks.

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Beth Ashton, 25, weighed less than her four-year-old sister, had a perforated lung and her bladder had "completely collapsed" by the time she died last November.

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