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FINGER HOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does finger hole mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 2
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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