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perforation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of perforation

1 a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument

  • during the lesson the boy absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil
Synonyms of perforation

pinhole, pinprick, prick, punch, puncture, stab
Words Related to perforation

gouge, groove, hollow

break, cut, gash, incision, laceration, notch, rent, rip, rupture, slash, slit, tear

2 a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing

  • poked the button through a perforation in the fabric
Synonyms of perforation

aperture, hole, opening, orifice
Words Related to perforation

loophole

breach, break, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, fissure, gash, notch, rent, rift, rupture, slash, slit, split, tear

slot, space

exit, mouth, outlet, pore, vent

entrance, inlet, intake

pinhole, pinprick, punch, puncture

airhole, armhole, buttonhole, keyhole, knothole, peephole, pothole, wormhole
Near Antonyms of perforation

fill, filler, filling, patch, plug, seal, stopper

barrier, blockage, obstacle, obstruction

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