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[ noun ] a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Many styles have perforations and an almost weightlessness achieved via unlined leathers .

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hole punch

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[ noun ] a hole made in something

Examples

"a perforation of the eardrum"

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hole

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[ noun ] one of a series of small holes (especially such a series for separating a sheet into parts)

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hole penetrate

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[ noun ] the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation)

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puncture punch

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