Keyhole

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Keyhole \Key"hole`\, n.
     1. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2.
        (a) (Carp.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be


            joined together, to receive the key which fastens
            them.
        (b) (Mach.) a mortise for a key or cotter.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     {Keyhole limpet} (Zool.), a marine gastropod of the genus
        Fissurella and allied genera. See {Fissurella}.
  
     {Keyhole saw}, a narrow, slender saw, used in cutting
        keyholes, etc., as in doors; a kind of compass saw or fret
        saw.
  
     {Keyhole urchin} (Zool.), 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  keyhole
       n : the hole where a key is inserted

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "keyhole":
     air hole, armhole, blowhole, bullet-hole, bunghole, cringle,
     deadeye, eye, eyelet, gasket, grommet, guide, knothole, loop,
     loophole, manhole, mousehole, peephole, pigeonhole, pinhole,
     placket, placket hole, porthole, punch-hole, spiracle, tap, vent,
     venthole