Definitions for pinhole

pinhole pin·hole

Spelling: [pin-hohl]
IPA: /ˈpɪnˌhoʊl/

Pinhole is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in pinhole (ehilnop).

Definitions for pinhole

noun

  1. a small hole made by or as by a pin.
  2. a hole for a pin to go through; tiny aperture.

Origin of pinhole

First recorded in 1670-80; pin + hole

Examples for pinhole

It is the pure light that plays tricks, and it will play them through a pinhole.

Well, I will get a picture with my pinhole camera even if I have no lens.

Example: "Sam, you have no idea how big this thing was…It was like putting like a watermelon into a pinhole."

Turn for a moment to Fig. 106, which shows a "pinhole" camera in section.

No, shes all rightnot even a pinhole in her, said Mr.Bobbsey.

I looked over my workbench and finally picked up the pinhole camera.

Beware of making so much as a pinhole in the dam that holds back their knowledge.

It is greatest with a pinhole, and least with a full aperture.

One pinhole in side margin, others possibly cut away in binding.

This is not a positive alteration, however, because very often the segment in the pinhole is as short as it can be with safety.

Word Value for pinhole
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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