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noun
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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Origin of sound hole
First recorded in 1605â15
Words nearby sound hole
sound check, sound effect, sounder, sound film, sound head, sound hole, sounding, sounding balloon, sounding board, sounding lead, sounding line
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British Dictionary definitions for sound hole
sound hole
noun
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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