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VENT-HOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vent-hole mean?
• VENT-HOLE (noun)
The noun VENT-HOLE has 1 sense:
1. a hole for the escape of gas or air
Familiarity information: VENT-HOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hole for the escape of gas or air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
blowhole; vent; vent-hole; venthole
Hypernyms ("vent-hole" is a kind of...):
hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vent-hole"):
smoke hole (a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape)
Holonyms ("vent-hole" is a part of...):
air duct; air passage; airway (a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines))
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