buttonholes

noun

plural of buttonhole
as in armholes

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  1. pinholes
  2. potholes
  3. punctures
  4. punches
  5. inlets
  6. entrances
Noun
  • The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Instead of dotting the same black scrim, like pinholes in a two-dimensional theater backdrop, the stars were scattered through space at dramatically varying distances, a vast swarm of them filling every last corner of an even vaster, more numinous, and emphatically three-dimensional darkness.
    — Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of pinholes
Noun
  • How to drive safely and report potholes Hitting a pothole could cause serious damage to your car tires, wheels and shocks.
    — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of potholes
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  • What the data punctures is the assumption that every task needs a frontier model, priced like one.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The boy bore no signs of scrapes or skin punctures, so the family initially didn’t take him for medical care.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 29 June 2026
Definition of punctures
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  • With Gable and Rusev left standing, the two went back and forth with punches.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • New York Yankees shortstop José Caballero was at the center of a tense scene on Monday night — one in which benches cleared, words were exchanged, but no punches were thrown.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of punches
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  • Today, Crater Lake National Park boasts the deepest lake in the country, at 1,943 feet, and one of the cleanest too, as there are no inlets or outlets to allow for contamination.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
  • Marine life concentrates most densely in the shallowest waters of this continental shelf, 100 feet deep or less, in reefs, lagoons, and coastal inlets where a person can swim and scuba dive without specialized gear.
    — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of inlets
Noun
  • Barry said that the Indiana Department of Transportation would make the determination about how many entrances would be required.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • The Secret Service presented renderings of two possible public entrances at the end of 16th Street.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026
Definition of entrances
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