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pinhole

[pin-hohl]
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noun

a small hole made by or as by a pin.
a hole for a pin to go through; tiny aperture.

Origin of pinhole

First recorded in 1670–80; pin + hole
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Related Words for pinhole

gash, cut, wound, prickle, stab, puncture, jag, perforation, jab, pinhole, vent, interstice, slit, chasm, slot, eye, fissure, space, passage, slash

Examples from the Web for pinhole

Contemporary Examples of pinhole

  • Example: "Sam, you have no idea how big this thing was…It was like putting like a watermelon into a pinhole."

    The Daily Beast logo
    The Real Jersey Dictionary, Vol. 2

    Jaimie Etkin

    October 21, 2010

Historical Examples of pinhole

  • Well, I will get a picture with my pinhole camera even if I have no lens.

    The Hilltop Boys

    Cyril Burleigh

  • Beware of making so much as a pinhole in the dam that holds back their knowledge.

    Over the Teacups

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

  • Turn for a moment to Fig. 106, which shows a "pinhole" camera in section.

    How it Works

    Archibald Williams

  • No, shes all rightnot even a pinhole in her, said Mr.Bobbsey.

  • It is the pure light that plays tricks, and it will play them through a pinhole.

British Dictionary definitions for pinhole

pinhole

noun

a small hole made with or as if with a pin
archery the exact centre of an archery target, in the middle of the gold zone
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