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Definition of Air hole
1. Noun. A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly.
2. Noun. A hole that allows the passage of air.
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
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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