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PEEPHOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peephole mean?
• PEEPHOLE (noun)
The noun PEEPHOLE has 1 sense:
1. a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
Familiarity information: PEEPHOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("peephole" is a kind of...):
hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peephole"):
judas (a one-way peephole in a door)
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