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thumbhole

thumbhole noun: a hole designed to receive a thumb.

Noun

thumbhole (plural thumbholes)

  1. A hole designed to receive a thumb.
    • The paint set is the top-of-the-line model, the Extra-Fine Oil Artist’s Box with a 39-tube spectrum of colors, 6 different painting mediums, 10 brushes (5 sable and 5 hog bristle), palette knives and a palette (with old-fashioned thumbholes), all in a portable walnut box.2007 January 7, David Colman, “It’s Like Nothing, Really”, in New York Times

Verb

thumbhole (third-person singular simple present thumbholes, present participle thumbholing, simple past and past participle thumbholed)

  1. (transitive) To cut thumbholes (for carrying) in the lids of boxes.

Forms of thumbhole

Noun
pluralthumbholes
Verb
third-person singular presentthumbholes
present participlethumbholing
past participlethumbholed
pastthumbholed

Origin of thumbhole

From thumb + hole.

Words formed from thumbhole

Questions about thumbhole

What does thumbhole mean?
Thumbhole means a hole designed to receive a thumb.
What part of speech is thumbhole?
Thumbhole can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of thumbhole?
The plural of thumbhole is thumbholes.

Words near thumbhole in the dictionary

  1. thumbed through
  2. Thumbelina
  3. Thumbelinas
  4. thumber
  5. thumbers
  6. thumbhole
  7. thumbholed
  8. thumbholer
  9. thumbholers
  10. thumbholes
  11. thumbholing

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