Dictionary

eyehole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈaɪˌhoʊl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From eye + hole.

Meanings

1. The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.
   • Holonym: eyepiece
2. The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it.
   • Eyeholes in a paper bag Greatest lay I ever had 1997, Placebo, “Nancy Boy”:
3. The hole in the face where the eye resides.
   • Meronyms: eye socket (bony orbit), orbital cavity, cranial orbit, orbit

Forms

Hypernyms

cavity · hole · pit · hole · opening · cavity · opening · opening · pit · hole

Relateds

knothole · eyelet · peephole · eyebolt

Synonyms

eyesocket · eye-socket · eye socket · eye-pit

Translations (4)

ca espiera (hole for viewing) · az gözcük (hole for viewing) · ru глазо́к (hole for viewing) · fi silmänreikä (hole for viewing)