KEYHOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keyhole mean? 

• KEYHOLE (noun)
  The noun KEYHOLE has 1 sense:

1. the hole where a key is inserted

  Familiarity information: KEYHOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEYHOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The hole where a key is inserted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("keyhole" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Holonyms ("keyhole" is a part of...):

lock (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)

 Context examples 

A cancer vaccine consisting of GM2 ganglioside, a melanoma-specific antigen, conjugated with the immunostimulant keyhole limpet hemocyanin.

(GM2-KLH vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A trivalent cancer vaccine containing the ganglioside lactones GM2, GD2 and GD3 conjugated with the immunostimulant keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(GM2/GD2/GD3 Lactone-KLH Conjugate Trivalent Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Keyhole limpet hemocyanin is being studied as a way to increase the immune response to cancer vaccines.

(Keyhole limpet hemocyanin, NCI Dictionary)

A heptavalent vaccine consisting of the tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens globohexaosylceramide (globo-H), GM2, Lewis-y, MUC1-32(aa), sTn(c), TF(c), and Tn(c) conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), an immunomodulator.

(Globo-H-GM2-Lewis-y-MUC1-32(aa)-sTn(c)-TF(c)-Tn(c)-KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A light shone through the keyhole and from under the door; a profound stillness pervaded the vicinity.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A cancer vaccine, containing epitopes of the gangliosides GD2 and GD3 conjugated with the immunostimulant keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(GD2 Lactone/GD3 Lactone-KLH Conjugate Bivalent Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine containing an epitope of glycosphingolipid GD2 conjugated with the immunostimulant keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(GD2-KLH Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural protein isolated from the marine mollusc keyhole limpet.

(Keyhole limpet hemocyanin, NCI Thesaurus)

KLH, a natural protein isolated from the marine mollusk keyhole limpet, is an immunostimulant carrier protein.

(KLH-FITC, NCI Thesaurus)

“None of your keyholes for me, sonny,” he said; and I left them together and retired into the bar.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)