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🩸 Passing through tissue 🛠️ A hole maker
perforant

perforant

9.5
A tool that makes holes in materials like paper or leather
  • noun
translation icon : perforador

Synonyms

puncher
vsperforant
  • Specialized
2 4.0

A tool that makes holes in things like paper or leather

is a tool for making perforations rather than adding only indentations
perforator
vsperforant
1 7.1

A tool that makes holes in materials like paper or metal

is specifically the tool for making perforations rather than a blood vessel
piercer
vsperforant
5.6

A sharp tool for making holes in materials like leather or paper

is a general hole making instrument not defined by a sharp point

How Sharp

to drill
170 2.2
awl
3 8.5
perforant
9.5
needle
438 1.0
pin
153 1.0

Surface Forms

perforant singular
perforants plural

Morphology

perforant = perforate (semi-transparent) = perforate + ant

Formally corresponds to 'perforate' + '-ant' yielding an agent/instrument sense 'one that perforates', but the instrument reading is less common and somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Perforant comes from Latin parts per- meaning 'through' and forare meaning 'to make a hole', and it shares the same root as the English verb perforate. So a perforant is simply a tool that 'makes holes', which is why the name fits devices used for paper, leather, or fabric.