as in puncture
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument
pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it
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Recent Examples of pinhole
Recordings sounded surprisingly full and clear, with none of the echoey distance similar pinhole microphones in many true wireless earphones exhibit.
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PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
Each temple features a downward-firing speak on the end, with a pinhole microphone in front of it.
—PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
The top of the frame also has mic mute and volume buttons, as well as pinholes for the far-field microphones.
—PCMAG, 26 Nov. 2024
The reset button is typically a small pinhole located on the back or bottom of the router.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
Each temple features a downward-firing speak on the end, with a pinhole microphone in front of it.
—PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
The top of the frame also has mic mute and volume buttons, as well as pinholes for the far-field microphones.
—PCMAG, 26 Nov. 2024
The reset button is typically a small pinhole located on the back or bottom of the router.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinhole
Noun
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In the Balsall Heath neighborhood, wind whistles through the puncture marks in one rotting heap where the rats and mice have burrowed in.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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The girl suffered puncture wounds and scratches, but didn’t receive any stitches.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Not content just to confirm its arrival, Veach deftly sliced a slit in the plastic to minimize any potential forensic trail, removed the new game and swapped in the old version before carefully rewrapping it.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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Reviewers did debate if the slit was too high or not, but that can vary from person to person depending on your own height and modesty preferences.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Pinhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinhole. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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