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How to pronounce “keyhole”

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Pronunciation guide for keyhole

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of keyhole with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
The Climate Movement Needs New Stories — Here’s Minelearning about keyhole gardens,
Definition summary
The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.

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How to pronounce keyhole

The Climate Movement Needs New Stories — Here’s Mine

learning about keyhole gardens,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “keyhole”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
  • 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.
  • A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress.
  • (carpentry) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.
  • (engineering) A mortise for a key or cotter.
  • (lasers) A transient column of vapor or plasma formed when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.
  • (metallurgy) A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses.
  • (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key.
  • (astronomy) A gravitational keyhole.
  • [Verb]
  • (firearms) To strike a target after wobbling in flight so that the long axis of the bullet does not follow the line of flight, typically due to insufficient spin resulting from the rifling in the barrel.

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