Keyhole /(?)/
Key·hole
Keyhole
n.
- A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
- A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them. (Carp.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Keyhole limpet
- 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
- 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.