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airhole

noun

Definition of airholenext
as in inlet

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Recent Examples of airhole Rescue crews drilled an air hole, began pumping water out of the mine, and fashioned a rescue shaft. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 5 June 2026 Designed with extra large air holes for ventilation and a textured silicone nipple for natural oral development, babies should take to it quickly. — Devonne Goode, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026 Designed with air holes to keep the mouse alive, this live trap has no poison or glue. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 Most menstrual cups have small air holes around the rim to help promote suction and make the cup simpler to remove and insert. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026 This uses air holes to create a flow which burns off excess smoke. — Simon Heptinstall december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025 When handling a possum (or any wild mammal), wear protective gloves and place the animal gently in a secure container like a box with a lid and air holes. — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025 Chandler gets awfully cozy in his new digs (just don't cover his air hole). — Gretchen Hansen, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airhole
  1. inlet
  2. puncture
  3. intake
  4. entrance
  5. pinhole
  6. pore
  7. keyhole
  8. wormhole
Noun
  • Seasonal sand berms to limit coastal flooding and protect public safety will begin to go up along the beach in the next week, and the San Dieguito Lagoon inlet will also be dredged, likely in the first two weeks of November.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Jetties are long barriers often constructed of boulders or concrete at inlets or harbors to keep navigation channels open, while groins are shorter and often are built on open beaches to stop erosion and widen the sand area.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of inlet
Noun
  • The city’s medical examiner later determined that a puncture wound found in the woman’s back caused her death, which was ruled a homicide.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • As blood gushed from deep puncture wounds on his torso and limbs, Singh fought to get away from his attacker.
    — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of puncture
Noun
  • For those in Palm Beach County, Alpert JFS also operates its own Community Access Life Line (CALL), at 561-684-1991 for information, intake and referral services.
    — Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Propulsion presents another major hurdle, with researchers involved in the project highlighting the engine core, air intake, and exhaust system as key areas requiring further development.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of intake
Noun
  • The end of a relationship becomes the entrance to the rest of our lives.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The glass-door entrance opens onto a great room that takes up most of the available space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of entrance
Noun
  • Photos and posters had pinholes in the corners, and almost none of it matched my current taste.
    — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Options include properly filtered solar eclipse glasses, a safe handheld solar viewer and a pinhole projector (learn how to make one on NASA's website).
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of pinhole
Noun
  • When temperatures creep to triple digits, sweat comes out of every pore—including those on your scalp.
    — Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
  • But the complex of proteins needed to make more proteins is far too large to go through a small pore.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of pore
Noun
  • Her long-sleeve top featured several keyhole cutouts and black lace detailing at the center.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Peeking at this history through a keyhole is a splendid idea, though Collin’s choice of the Ritz was probably irresistible, even overdetermined.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of keyhole
Noun
  • At first, everything seems as tranquil as the surface of Mars, seen in the opening moments from space and then slowly zoomed in on as the camera seems to enter a black wormhole in the red soil.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Take, for instance, a wormhole, a theoretical bridge connecting two distant regions of space.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2026
Definition of wormhole

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“Airhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airhole. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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