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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.

Origin:
1605–15
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sound hole

noun
a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones 
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