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AIR HOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does air hole mean?
• AIR HOLE (noun)
The noun AIR HOLE has 2 senses:
1. a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
2. a hole that allows the passage of air
Familiarity information: AIR HOLE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
air hole; air pocket; pocket
Hypernyms ("air hole" is a kind of...):
atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hole that allows the passage of air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("air hole" is a kind of...):
hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)
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