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
Both temples feature downward-firing speaker grilles directly in front of the ear hooks and pinhole microphones near the hinges.
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PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
The devices can also be placed over card readers at ATMs, or use pinhole cameras to record customers entering their PINs, according to the FBI.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
Recordings sounded surprisingly full and clear, with none of the echoey distance similar pinhole microphones in many true wireless earphones exhibit.
—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
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PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
The devices can also be placed over card readers at ATMs, or use pinhole cameras to record customers entering their PINs, according to the FBI.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
Recordings sounded surprisingly full and clear, with none of the echoey distance similar pinhole microphones in many true wireless earphones exhibit.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinhole
Noun
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Agudelo was transferred to Elmhurst Hospital where she was treated for numerous skull fractures, a puncture wound to her temple and multiple abrasions, according to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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The Zainichi documentary filmmaker Park Soo-nam interviewed Korean hibakusha who subsequently arrived in Japan to receive specialized care—for puncture wounds, missing eyes—forty years after the fact.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Mayan stelae and Melanesian slit gongs share the sunlight from a sloped glass wall abutting Central Park which has been specially reëngineered to protect photosensitive works.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Tate McRae appeared at the F1 premiere in London in a black custom Balenciaga gown with a dramatic slit and tie at the waist.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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“Pinhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinhole. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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