knothole

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Recent Examples of knothole All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view. Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022 In addition to the knothole described above, the company plans to consult a community advisory committee, whose members will sign a nondisclosure agreement. Steven Litt, cleveland, 4 July 2021 The Harding Park knothole gang had an eventful day Thursday at the opening of the PGA Championship. Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 6 Aug. 2020 For those Little League/knothole baseball and softball players playing on summer teams, the diamond can get toasty. Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2018 Veteran scouts recently regaled USA TODAY Sports in stories of a knothole between the clubhouse and the dugout at the old Polo Grounds, with the manager able to relay signs to the hitter. Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knothole
Noun
  • The dress has a high neckline, keyhole detailing, and a stylish tiered maxi skirt that gives it shape and structure.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 30 May 2025
  • The unique design with keyhole cuts makes for a striking swimsuit with multiple floral fabrics.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Many specialize in just one part of the production process, such as cutting collars, sleeves or buttonholes, said Giuseppe, while the most skilled are able to work on all parts of the garments.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • While most of the seven buttons at the bottom were well-placed, six buttonholes showed loose threads upon close inspection.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Visitors to the museum can watch her through peepholes and via feed from a security camera.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
  • In one room, Elliott, eyes squinting and face slicked with sweat, lies on his belly on a makeshift platform watching the street through a large, jagged peephole punched in the wall.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The top of the frame also has mic mute and volume buttons, as well as pinholes for the far-field microphones.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Above the pad, there's a pinhole microphone and buttons for power, input, settings, user profiles, and Google Assistant, along with dedicated service buttons for Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, Tubi, and YouTube, plus a sixth customizable shortcut.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • But according to the New York Times, the preliminary report claims the bombing sealed off the entrances to two Iranian nuclear facilities, but failed to collapse the structures beneath those openings.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
  • Shahn paints himself, camera in hand, at the entrance of a church in Brooklyn where a sermon criticizing one of his murals had been delivered.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • As best as anyone can tell, a hyperspace wormhole has never appeared near Earth.
    Daniel B. Oerther, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
  • Milioti will reprise her role for the rare sequel episode after discovering a way to escape from Daly using an update patch from the real world interpreted in the game as a wormhole.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When an inlet on Haugen's street fills, a trapdoor opens and dumps the contents into a 20-inch steel tube below the street.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
  • On the sides, an additional inlet on the side strakes complements the enormously wide scoops that debuted on the Z06.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Knothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knothole. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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