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FINGER HOLE

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English dictionary: Word overview

FINGER HOLE (noun)
  The noun FINGER HOLE has 2 senses:

1. one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it
2. a hole for inserting a finger

  Familiarity information: FINGER HOLE used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


FINGER HOLE (noun)


Sense 1finger hole [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

One of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("finger hole" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Holonyms ("finger hole" is a part of...):

wood; woodwind; woodwind instrument (any wind instrument other than the brass instruments)


Sense 2finger hole [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A hole for inserting a finger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("finger hole" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "finger hole"):

thumbhole (a finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball))

Holonyms ("finger hole" is a part of...):

bowl; bowling ball (a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling)

dial; telephone dial (a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called)


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