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pinhole

[pin-hohl]
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noun
  1. a small hole made by or as by a pin.
  2. a hole for a pin to go through; tiny aperture.
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Origin of pinhole

First recorded in 1670–80; pin + hole
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Examples from the Web for pinhole

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