keyholes

Noun

keyhole (plural keyholes)

1. The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
   • The key-hole was still their port of egress and regress, and it resembled the aperture of a bee-hive, on a sunny day in June.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 306
2. Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.
   1. A small incision through which surgical instruments can reach into an anatomic space beyond.
3. A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress.
4. A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.
5. A mortise for a key or cotter.

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