"bullet hole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bullet holes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bullet hole (plural bullet holes)
  1. A circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm. Translations (hole): skudhul [common-gender] (Danish), luodinreikä (Finnish), Einschussloch (German), kulehull [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kulehol [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kulehol [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), buraco de bala [masculine] (Portuguese), tiro [masculine] (Portuguese), kulhål [neuter] (Swedish) Translations (wound): koeëlgat (Afrikaans), skudsår [neuter] (Danish), kogelgat [neuter] (Dutch), ampumahaava (Finnish), vulnus sclopetarium (english: medical) (Latin), tiro [masculine] (Portuguese)

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