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pinhole

[ pin-hohl ]

noun

  1. a small hole made by or as by a pin.
  2. a hole for a pin to go through; tiny aperture.


pinhole

/ ˈpɪnˌhəʊl /

noun

  1. a small hole made with or as if with a pin
  2. archery the exact centre of an archery target, in the middle of the gold zone


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pinhole1

First recorded in 1670–80; pin + hole

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Example Sentences

Example: "Sam, you have no idea how big this thing was…It was like putting like a watermelon into a pinhole."

He has long worked with different types of photography, including pinhole cameras and camera obscura.

Let us say that such a thing occurs; you have pricked one pinhole too many round the corner of the mouth.

(b) A small impurity in the rubber may dissolve in the acid and leave a minute pinhole.

Between eye and nostril, on either side, was the sinister "pinhole," that is the infallible mark of the poison-sac serpent.

The idea of photography as an art has been discussed no doubt ever since the invention of the pinhole.

In a dark-room a light must be placed behind the pinhole, and a bit of ground glass held in front of the lens.

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