"eyehole" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈaɪˌhoʊl/ [General-American] Forms: eyeholes [plural]
Etymology: From eye + hole. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|eye|hole}} eye + hole Head templates: {{en-noun}} eyehole (plural eyeholes)
  1. The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope. Hypernyms: hole, opening Translations (hole for viewing): espiera [feminine] (Catalan), silmänreikä (Finnish), глазо́к (glazók) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-eyehole-en-noun-en:portion_of_an_instrument_or_device Disambiguation of 'hole for viewing': 41 30 30
  2. The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it. Hypernyms: hole, pit, cavity, opening
    Sense id: en-eyehole-en-noun-en:hole_in_a_mask__helmet__or_costume_that_the_eye_looks_through Categories (other): Eye Disambiguation of Eye: 30 40 30
  3. The hole in the face where the eye resides. Synonyms: eye socket, eye-socket, eyesocket, eye-pit Hypernyms: hole, pit, cavity, opening
    Sense id: en-eyehole-en-noun-en:hole_in_the_face_where_the_eye_resides Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 35 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 33 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 35 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 32 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 28 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 28 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 28 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eyebolt, eyelet, peephole, knothole

Inflected forms

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