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
While lasers aren't the most energy-efficient tools, the beam vaporizes a mere pinhole of ice, meaning the drill uses far less total power than electric heaters.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
On versions of the Luna, inspired by the phases of the moon, and the Song bucket bag were the work of Fu Xiaotong, whose practice centers around pinhole work and sculpture inspired by traditional Chinese ink painting.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
This is what the round red pinhole is for—simply hold it up to one of your eyes and look through it, scanning the room for a glowing red light.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
One day while driving, my vision began to shrink, like the end of a movie when the camera reduces to a pinhole.
—Lisa K. Friedman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
On versions of the Luna, inspired by the phases of the moon, and the Song bucket bag were the work of Fu Xiaotong, whose practice centers around pinhole work and sculpture inspired by traditional Chinese ink painting.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
This is what the round red pinhole is for—simply hold it up to one of your eyes and look through it, scanning the room for a glowing red light.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
One day while driving, my vision began to shrink, like the end of a movie when the camera reduces to a pinhole.
—Lisa K. Friedman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinhole
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The volume collects work from the last decade, each with a brief preface from the author, giving us a puncture of the present into her words of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Melancon's fingers were swollen from puncture wounds.—
Bill Whitaker,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Welcoming model Amelia Gray as a guest judge, Klum posed for portraits with the 24-year-old, who paired a cropped blue-violet turtleneck with a matching low-slung slit skirt.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
9 Apr. 2026
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Its large leaves develop holes and slits that have earned it the name Swiss cheese plant.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Pinhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinhole. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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