Synonyms of pinholes

pinholes

noun

plural of pinhole

as in punctures

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punctures
• punches
• tears
• slits
• perforations
• pinpricks
• pricks
• grooves
• cuts
• stabs
• hollows
• gouges
• ruptures
• lacerations
• breaks
• incisions
• rips
• slashes
• gashes
• notches
• rents

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pinholes

Even the gaps between leaves on a tree can act as natural pinholes, projecting tiny images of the partially eclipsed sun onto the ground. — Michael D'estries, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2026

The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils. — 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