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Definition of "knothole" []

  • A hole in a piece of lumber where a knot has dropped out or been removed. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "knothole" in a sentence
  • "The knothole is a draw even to tourists with no affinity for baseball."
  • "This kind of problem is called a knothole, or a block of stacked characters."
  • "His perch is in the "knothole," an arched opening in the right-field wall at AT & T Park where 100 people can stroll up and watch, free of charge."