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sound hole
noun
- 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
- any of variously shaped apertures in the sounding board of certain stringed instruments, such as the `f' shaped holes of a violin
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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.
From Washington Post
Turning the tuning keys gently and slowly while keeping your other hand on the strings, over the sound hole, helps prevent string breakage.
From New York Times
Between takes, Adam would sometimes see Mas sticking his nose near its sound hole and inhaling deeply.
From New York Times
They took an upright piano and laid it on its back so the sound hole, a small hole that exposes the strings, was upright.
From The Verge
They looked inside its sound hole and shook it, hard.
From Literature
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