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keyhole

[kee-hohl] / ˈkiˌhoʊl /
NOUN
free throw line
Synonyms
WEAK
charity line foul lane free throw lane the line
NOUN
hole
Synonyms
STRONGEST
break crack crater cut dent gap mouth pit pocket tunnel void window
STRONG
aperture breach burrow cave cavern cavity chamber chasm chink cistern cleft cranny den depression dimple dip excavation eyelet fissure foramen fracture gash gorge hollow hovel lacuna lair leak nest niche nick notch orifice outlet passage peephole perforation pockmark puncture rent retreat scoop shaft shelter split tear vacuity vent
Antonyms
STRONGEST
mountain
STRONG
closing closure

Example Sentences

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For writers in the 1960s, middle-class infidelity offered a keyhole to deeper social themes—“the relation of individual to collective decadence,” the critic Wilfrid Sheed wrote of Updike’s fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

“Writing online in 2025 feels like performing keyhole surgery while people scream ‘ROBOT!

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

He had four tiny scars in his eye where healthy copies of the gene were injected into the retina at the back of the eye through keyhole surgery.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

Or through a mesh screen and a keyhole.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2024

Harry pressed his ear still more closely against the keyhole...

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.