knothole
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈnɑːtˌhoʊl/
- The carpenter pointed out the knothole in the timber as a sign of poor quality.
- knothole in a fence
Examples
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You'll notice that a lot of the posts have little knotholes, stuff like that.
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One of them poked its head through a knothole.
Fiction book (1991) -
I found all of these in the knothole of that old tree at different times.
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The imperfection was round and small, no bigger than a knothole in a fence.
Fiction book (1997) -
Jeff lies on his belly, peering through a knothole.
Fiction book (1997) -
But she liked this one because the bench had a knothole, and she looked through it and saw a cat's-eye marble in the grass underneath.
Fiction book (2000) -
There he sat, resting his weary bones as the icy wind howled through the knothole.
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I noticed a small bird peeking through the knothole in the wooden fence.
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As I examined the old door, I realized it had a knothole that let in drafts.
Synonyms
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1.0
An opening in something, often made by people or nature
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4.3
A very small hole made by a pin
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5.4
A small hole in wood or soil made by a worm
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2.3
A small hole left in wood or a wall after you remove a nail
A hole that forms when wood decays or people dig the ground
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Etymology
Knothole is simply the two words knot and hole put together. A knot is 'a hard round part of wood where a branch grew', so a knothole is the hole left when that knot falls out, which is why birds can nest in it or people can peek through it.