pinhole

noun

pin·hole ˈpin-ˌhōl

Synonyms of pinhole

: a small hole made by, for, or as if by a pin

Examples of pinhole in a Sentence

The water was leaking through a pinhole in the pipe. pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it

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Fill the bottles with water and add a pinhole in the bottom. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 June 2026 Erasures from his the poet’s journals narrate the speaker’s visit to his father in prison through the pinhole of what’s left of memory. — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 While lasers aren't the most energy-efficient tools, the beam vaporizes a mere pinhole of ice, meaning the drill uses far less total power than electric heaters. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025 His pinhole view of both markets and states leaves little room for the more complicated, sometimes antagonistic interplay between them. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pinhole

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First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pinhole was in 1612

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pinhole

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pin·hole -ˌhōl

: a very small hole made by or as if by a pin

pinhole

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