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sound hole
noun
- an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of sound hole1
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Example Sentences
Each country has its peculiar and native rendering of every sound hole that was first designed in Italy.
The belly has, besides the usual two sound-holes, an oval sound-hole in the middle, with an ornamental rose.
Old-fashioned shape, having several incurvations at the sides, and a sound-hole with a rose in the middle of the belly.
How bold is the conception, how delicate the workmanship, what a marvel of perfection the sound-hole!
Varnish of beautiful quality; sound-hole resembles that of Francesco Ruggeri.
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