Meaning

3 senses
  1. The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.

    Holonym: eyepiece

    глазо́кglazók

  2. The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it.

  3. The hole in the face where the eye resides.

    Meronyms: eye socket (bony orbit), orbital cavity, cranial orbit, orbit

More definitions
  • a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
  • a hole (in a door or an oven etc.) through which you can peep

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
hole for viewing:

Origin

From eye + hole.

From eye + hole.

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Forms

plural: eyeholes
Singulareyehole
Pluraleyeholes

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
eye socketeye-piteye-socketeyesocket
Close in meaning
  • a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar:eyelet
  • a hole (in a door or an oven etc.) through which you can peep:peepholespyhole

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eyehole — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto