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SPYHOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spyhole mean?
• SPYHOLE (noun)
The noun SPYHOLE has 1 sense:
1. a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
Familiarity information: SPYHOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("spyhole" is a kind of...):
hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spyhole"):
judas (a one-way peephole in a door)
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