keyhole
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: astronomy
ball-games
basketball
business
carpentry
construction
engineering
firearms
games
government
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
metallurgy
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sports
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: From key + hole.
Compound parts: key
hole
Inflected forms:
form: keyholes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: keyholes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keyholing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: keyholed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: keyholed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
pos: noun
gloss: Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.
pos: noun
gloss: Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.
pos: noun
gloss: A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress.
pos: noun
gloss: A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.
pos: noun
gloss: A mortise for a key or cotter.
pos: noun
gloss: A transient column of vapor or plasma formed when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.
pos: noun
examples: laser keyhole welding
keyhole plasma
gloss: A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses.
pos: noun
gloss: The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key.
pos: noun
gloss: A gravitational keyhole.
pos: noun
gloss: To strike a target after wobbling in flight so that the long axis of the bullet does not follow the line of flight, typically due to insufficient spin resulting from the rifling in the barrel.
pos: verb
Derived words: keyhole arch
keyhole fly
keyhole limpet
keyhole limpet hemocyanin
keyhole sand dollar
keyhole saw
keyhole urchin
six-holed keyhole urchin
keyhole surgery
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: բանալու անցք
roman: banalu ancʻkʻ
lang: Bulgarian
word: ключалка
roman: ključalka
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 鎖匙窿 /锁匙窿
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鎖孔 /锁孔
roman: suǒkǒng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鑰匙孔 /钥匙孔
roman: yàoshi kǒng
lang: Czech
word: klíčová dírka
lang: Danish
word: nøglehul
lang: Dutch
word: sleutelgat
lang: Esperanto
word: ŝlosiltruo
lang: Finnish
word: avaimenreikä
lang: French
word: trou de la serrure
lang: Galician
word: pechadura
lang: Galician
word: fechadura
lang: Galician
word: ferrollo
lang: Georgian
word: კლიტის ჭუჭრუტანა
roman: ḳliṭis č̣uč̣ruṭana
lang: German
word: Schlüsselloch
lang: Greek
word: κλειδαρότρυπα
roman: kleidarótrypa
lang: Greenlandic
word: matuersaaserfik
lang: Hebrew
word: חור המנעול
roman: khor haman'úl
lang: Hungarian
word: kulcslyuk
lang: Icelandic
word: skráargat
lang: Indonesian
word: lubang kunci
lang: Irish
word: poll eochrach
lang: Italian
word: toppa
lang: Italian
word: buco della serratura
lang: Japanese
word: 鍵穴
roman: kagiana
lang: Korean
word: 열쇠 구멍
roman: yeolsoe gumeong
lang: Latin
word: claustellum
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Schlëssellach
lang: Macedonian
word: клучалка
roman: klučalka
lang: Malay
word: lubang kunci
lang: Mongolian
word: цоожны нүх
roman: coožny nüx
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nøkkelhull
lang: Persian
word: سوراخ کلید
roman: surâx-e kelid
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schlätelloch
lang: Polish
word: dziurka od klucza
lang: Portuguese
word: fechadura
lang: Portuguese
word: tranca
lang: Romanian
word: gaura cheii
lang: Russian
word: замо́чная сква́жина
roman: zamóčnaja skvážina
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кључаоница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кључница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ključaonica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ključnica
lang: Slovak
word: kľúčová dierka
lang: Slovene
word: ključanica
lang: Spanish
word: ojo (de la cerradura)
lang: Spanish
word: bocallave
lang: Swedish
word: nyckelhål
lang: Tagalog
word: susian
lang: Tagalog
word: butas-susian
lang: Tajik
word: сӯрохи калид
roman: sürox-i kalid
lang: Thai
word: รูกุญแจ
lang: Tibetan
word: ལྡེ་ཁུང
roman: lde khung
lang: Turkish
word: anahtar deliği
lang: Ukrainian
word: за́мкова щі́ли́на
roman: zámkova ščílýna
lang: Vietnamese
word: lỗ khoá
lang: Volapük
word: kikahog