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peephole
(piːphoʊl)
Word forms: plural peepholes
countable noun
A peephole is small hole in a door or wall through which you can look secretly at what is happening on the other side.
The guards checked at the peephole before entering.
Synonyms: spyhole, opening, hole, crack More Synonyms of peephole
peephole in British English
(ˈpiːpˌhəʊl)
noun
a small aperture, such as one in the door of a flat for observing callers before opening
peephole in American English
(ˈpipˌhoʊl)
noun
a hole to peep through
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Examples of 'peephole' in a sentencepeephole
(noun)
The guards checked at the peephole before entering the cell.
Synonyms
spyhole
opening
He squeezed through an opening in the fence.
hole
They got in through a hole in the wall.
kids with holes in the knees of their jeans
crack
She watched him though a crack in the curtains.
slit
She watched them through a slit in the curtain.
aperture
Through the aperture he could see daylight.
keyhole
chink
He peered through a chink in the curtains.
crevice
a huge boulder with rare ferns growing in every crevice
fissure
There was a great crack, and a fissure opened up.
pinhole
Additional synonyms
in the sense of aperture
Definition
a hole or opening
Through the aperture he could see daylight.
Synonyms
opening,
space,
hole,
crack,
gap,
rent,
passage,
breach,
slot,
vent,
rift,
slit,
cleft,
eye,
chink,
fissure,
orifice,
perforation,
eyelet,
intersticein the sense of chink
Definition
a small narrow opening
He peered through a chink in the curtains.
Synonyms
opening,
crack,
gap,
rift,
aperture,
cleft,
crevice,
fissure,
crannyin the sense of crack
Definition
a narrow opening or fissure
She watched him though a crack in the curtains.
Synonyms
break,
chink,
gap,
breach,
fracture,
rift,
cleft,
crevice,
fissure,
cranny,
intersticeNearby words ofpeephole
- peel
- peel something off
- peep
- peephole
- peer
- peerage
- peerless
Synonyms of 'peephole'
peephole
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of crevice
Definition
a narrow crack or gap in rock
a huge boulder with rare ferns growing in every crevice
Synonyms
gap,
opening,
hole,
split,
crack,
rent,
fracture,
rift,
slit,
cleft,
chink,
fissure,
cranny,
intersticein the sense of fissure
Definition
any long narrow cleft or crack, esp. in a rock
There was a great crack, and a fissure opened up.
Synonyms
crack,
opening,
hole,
split,
gap,
rent,
fault,
breach,
break,
fracture,
rift,
slit,
rupture,
cleavage,
cleft,
chink,
crevice,
cranny,
intersticein the sense of hole
Definition
an opening in or through something
They got in through a hole in the wall.kids with holes in the knees of their jeans
Synonyms
opening,
split,
crack,
break,
tear,
gap,
rent,
breach,
outlet,
vent,
puncture,
aperture,
fissure,
orifice,
perforation
in the sense of opening
Definition
a hole or gap
He squeezed through an opening in the fence.
Synonyms
hole,
break,
space,
tear,
split,
crack,
gap,
rent,
breach,
slot,
outlet,
vent,
puncture,
rupture,
aperture,
cleft,
chink,
fissure,
orifice,
perforation,
intersticein the sense of slit
Definition
a long narrow cut or opening
She watched them through a slit in the curtain.
Synonyms
opening,
split,
crack,
aperture,
chink,
space