how to pronounce pinhole

/ˈpɪnˌhoʊl/

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pinhole is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pinhole in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… bucketful of water a pinhole camera …”

meanings of pinhole

noun:

A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin.

verb:

To form one or more pinholes in.

pinhole frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pinhole occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pinhole can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pinhole can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) life, nature, and living environment;