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perforated
[ pur-fuh-rey-tid ]
adjective
- pierced with a hole or holes:
Punch out along the perforated line.
- Philately. (of a number of stamps joined together) having rows of closely spaced perforations dividing each stamp from the others.
- marked by or having perforation:
a perforated ulcer.
perforated
/ ˈpɜːfəˌreɪtɪd /
adjective
- pierced with one or more holes
- (esp of stamps) having perforations perf
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Other Words From
- multi·perfo·rated adjective
- non·perfo·rated adjective
- post·perfo·rated adjective
- un·perfo·rated adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of perforated1
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Example Sentences
Next to it, a car was perforated with bullet holes like a makeshift sieve.
The absinthe is served without a fountain of ice-water, no perforated spoon, no sugar cube.
Malpeso remains in critical condition in a hospital in Rome after undergoing emergency surgery for a perforated lung.
You have some surface similarities to Richard Morris, the misanthrope at the center of Perforated Heart.
Perforated Heart is a meditation on memory, identity, and the fleeting nature of fame.
The thread was lodged in the perforated part, and consequently left in contact with the cellular membrane.
Pipes he could not obtain; but a cow's horn perforated served his turn.
Sometimes the sarcophagus was placed behind a perforated slab of marble, as shown in the following example, given by Maitland.
The hollows in which London and Paris lie are both perforated in many places by borings of this nature.
A patent stabbed iron now on the market is perforated to provide a key for the mortar.
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