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noun
The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hole, opening
noun
The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hole, pit, cavity, opening
noun
The hole in the face where the eye resides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: eye socket, eye-socket, eyesocket, eye-pit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hole, pit, cavity, opening
noun
a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: eyelet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hole
noun
a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: peephole, spyhole
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hole
Narrower terms: judas
History
From eye + hole.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
