PERFORATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perforated mean? 

• PERFORATED (adjective)
  The adjective PERFORATED has 2 senses:

1. having a hole cut through

2. having a number or series of holes

  Familiarity information: PERFORATED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERFORATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a hole cut through

Synonyms:

perforate; perforated; pierced; punctured

Context example:

a punctured balloon

Similar:

cut (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having a number or series of holes

Context example:

perforated stamp

Similar:

cut (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument)

 Context examples 

The deepest and most prominent groove on the lateral surface of the brain beginning at the anterior perforated substance that runs back and slightly upwards.

(Fissure of Sylvius, NCI Thesaurus)

A thin sheet of rubber that is fitted over the mouth and perforated to expose certain teeth that acts as a moisture barrier during dental procedures.

(Dental Dam, NCI Thesaurus)

Moreover, ancient V-perforated buttons, needles, and even pieces of fabric from the clothes were discovered during the excavations.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

The front was, as I had once seen it in a dream, but a well-like wall, very high and very fragile-looking, perforated with paneless windows: no roof, no battlements, no chimneys—all had crashed in.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It may lead to numerous complications, such as pseudomediastinum (air trapped in the chest between both lungs), perforation of the tympanic membrane (perforated eardrum), and even rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (ballooning blood vessel in the brain), they explain.

(Blocking A Sneeze, Man Ruptures Throat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)