"air hole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air holes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} air hole (plural air holes)
  1. A hole in any surface that allows air or other gases to pass, especially an opening in the surface of a frozen lake etc. Categories (topical): Air Translations (hole in surface): отдушник (otdušnik) (Bulgarian), hengitysreikä (Finnish), hengitysaukko (Finnish), Luftloch [neuter] (German), spīrāmen [neuter] (Latin), spiramentum [neuter] (Latin), منفس (menfes) (Ottoman Turkish), espiráculo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-air_hole-en-noun-fwdZdVpX Disambiguation of Air: 41 49 10 Disambiguation of 'hole in surface': 96 0 4
  2. An air pocket. Categories (topical): Air Translations (air pocket): въздушна яма (vǎzdušna jama) (Bulgarian), ilmatasku (Finnish), Luftloch [neuter] (German), (región de) corriente descendente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-air_hole-en-noun-FQOMTZbE Disambiguation of Air: 41 49 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 79 5 Disambiguation of 'air pocket': 4 95 0
  3. The blowhole of a whale. Translations (blowhole): дихателен отвор (dihatelen otvor) (Bulgarian), hengitysaukko (Finnish), Blasloch [neuter] (German), respiradero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-air_hole-en-noun-9YlL0M6z Disambiguation of 'blowhole': 8 6 86

Inflected forms

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      "word": "(región de) corriente descendente"
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