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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
key·hole       [kee-hohl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a hole for inserting a key in a lock, esp. one in the shape of a circle with a rectangle having a width smaller than the diameter of the circle projecting from the bottom.
2.Also called key. Basketball. the area at each end of the court that is bounded by two lines extending from the end line parallel to and equidistant from the sidelines and terminating in a circle around the foul line.
–adjective
3.extremely private or intimate, esp. with reference to information gained as if by peeping through a keyhole.
4.snooping and intrusive: a keyhole investigator.
[Origin: 1585–95; key1 + hole]
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key·hole       (kē'hōl')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The hole in a lock into which a key fits.
  2. Basketball The key.

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keyhole

noun
the hole where a key is inserted 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Keyhole

Key"hole`\, n. 1. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.

2. (a) (Carp.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them. (b) (Mach.) a mortise for a key or cotter.

Keyhole limpet (Zo["o]l.), a marine gastropod of the genus Fissurella and allied genera. See Fissurella.

Keyhole saw, a narrow, slender saw, used in cutting keyholes, etc., as in doors; a kind of compass saw or fret saw.

Keyhole urchin (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous clypeastroid sea urchins, of the genera Melitta, Rotula, and Encope; -- so called because they have one or more perforations resembling keyholes.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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