KNOTHOLES Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

knotholes

noun

plural of knothole

as in potholes

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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

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

To help future researchers, the study also includes a tooth mark guide that describes and identifies several types of punctures, holes, and other marks on fossils that appear to be tooth marks.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
What the data punctures is the assumption that every task needs a frontier model, priced like one.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 10 July 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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Three entry points Visitors have three choices to enter the Okefenokee — the east, west and north entrances, each with its own public amenities and natural qualities.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
The city’s Historic Preservation Committee also recommended adding signs and monuments along Elk Grove Boulevard to mark entrances into the historic district, according to the staff report.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of entrances

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Its shallow draft allows access to narrow inlets and wildlife-rich fjords beyond the reach of larger ships.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
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

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