sound hole
an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
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How to use sound hole in a sentence
Each country has its peculiar and native rendering of every sound hole that was first designed in Italy.
Antonio Stradivari | Horace William PetherickThe belly has, besides the usual two sound-holes, an oval sound-hole in the middle, with an ornamental rose.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl EngelOld-fashioned shape, having several incurvations at the sides, and a sound-hole with a rose in the middle of the belly.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl EngelHow bold is the conception, how delicate the workmanship, what a marvel of perfection the sound-hole!
The Violin | George HartVarnish of beautiful quality; sound-hole resembles that of Francesco Ruggeri.
The Violin | George Hart
British Dictionary definitions for sound hole
any of variously shaped apertures in the sounding board of certain stringed instruments, such as the `f' shaped holes of a violin
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