as in puncture
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it

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Recent Examples of pinhole Power, input, settings, profile, and Google Assistant buttons sit above the pad, alongside a pinhole microphone. PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025 Contaminated cooling water sometimes leaks to the interior through pinholes or poor seams and introduces bacteria that cause spoilage. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025 Both temples feature downward-firing speaker grilles directly in front of the ear hooks and pinhole microphones near the hinges. PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025 The devices can also be placed over card readers at ATMs, or use pinhole cameras to record customers entering their PINs, according to the FBI. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pinhole
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Noun
  • Similarly, Shanidar 3 had a puncture wound to his ribs, which would have likely collapsed his left lung.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
  • In October, a surfer was killed after being impaled by either a needlefish or a swordfish – another species of fish that can leap out of the water and cause puncture wounds – off Indonesia's West Sumatra coast.
    Dan Radel, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • These white jeans that come in a classic straight-leg style and have a breezy side slit.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • When approaching a sea turtle egg, the ghost crab will snip a distinctive slit into eggshells.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025

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“Pinhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinhole. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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