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Definition of Keyhole
1. Noun. The hole where a key is inserted.
Definition of Keyhole
1. n. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
Definition of Keyhole
1. Noun. The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns ¹
2. Noun. (context: lasers) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Keyhole
1. a hole for a key [n -S]
Medical Definition of Keyhole
1. 1. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key. 2. A mortise for a key or cotter. Keyhole limpet, any one of numerous clypeastroid sea urchins, of the genera Melitta, Rotula, and Encope; so called because they have one or more perforations resembling keyholes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keyhole
Literary usage of Keyhole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1866)
"4d. per 1000 only. of the levers not being accessible for feeling through the jA
consumer, therefore, living in a street where the keyhole, and therefore ..."
2. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"CHEST LOCK WITH FALSE FIXING STAPLES OVER keyhole. Hispanic Society of America.
Late XVI Century. Backplate 6 in. square. No. 108. between which the plate ..."
3. The American Girl's Home Book of Work and Play by Helen Campbell (1902)
"TO PUT THREE CHILDREN THROUGH THE keyhole. This is done by choosing three children,
with a great deal of ceremony, and arranging them by the door, ..."
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