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sound hole

noun

  1. an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.


sound hole

noun

  1. any of variously shaped apertures in the sounding board of certain stringed instruments, such as the `f' shaped holes of a violin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sound hole1

First recorded in 1605–15
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Example Sentences

One of her eyes replaces the instrument’s sound hole — as if to suggest the possibility of a perception synthesized and expanded by love.

Turning the tuning keys gently and slowly while keeping your other hand on the strings, over the sound hole, helps prevent string breakage.

Between takes, Adam would sometimes see Mas sticking his nose near its sound hole and inhaling deeply.

They took an upright piano and laid it on its back so the sound hole, a small hole that exposes the strings, was upright.

They looked inside its sound hole and shook it, hard.

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