Definition of Air hole

1. Noun. A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly.

Exact synonyms: Air Pocket, Pocket
Generic synonyms: Atmospheric Phenomenon

2. Noun. A hole that allows the passage of air.
Generic synonyms: Hole

Definition of Air hole

1. Noun. a hole in any surface that allows air or other gases to pass, especially an opening in the surface of a frozen lake etc ¹

2. Noun. an air pocket ¹

3. Noun. the blowhole of a whale ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Hole

air force
air force academy
air force officer
air forces
air freshener
air gas
air group
air guitar
air guitarist
air guitarists
air guitars
air gun
air guns
air hammer
air hockey
air hole (current term)
air horn
air hose
air hostess
air hunger
air intake
air jacket
air jackets
air kerma rate
air kiss
air lane
air lanes
air letter
air letters
air level

Literary usage of Air hole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science Record edited by Alfred Ely Beach (1873)
"Moreover, the door is provided with a two-inch air-hole /, with a slide to regulate the access of air. This compartment is arched over with USE OF ..."

2. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"There should be an air-hole in the top of the barrel. It will take several weeks before the fermentation is at an end and the vinegar is quite fit for ..."

3. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, William Duane (1834)
"H The hollow filled with fresh air, entering at the passage 1, and ascending into the air- box through the air-hole in the bottom plate near. ..."

4. Life and Work at the Great Pyramid During the Months of January, February by Charles Piazzi Smyth (1867)
"East side of South air-hole, at its broadest part, distant from East end of room, . . . = 01-4 East side of South air-hole, at level of first course, ..."

5. The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review by James Shergold Boone, John Henry Newman (1800)
"Having flung a kettle over the top of the perpendicular cavity, kindle the fuel in the air-hole with ~. candle ; and the kettle will foon boil by the ..."

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