opening — meaning in English

English meaning

• aperture noun A small opening, gap, or hole, especially one that lets light or something else pass through.
• hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
• opening noun A gap or hole that allows passage or access.

Senses

opening is used for these senses in English:

• aperture A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
• aperture (astronomy, photography) The diameter of such a hole which restricts the width of the lightpath through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
• hole An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
• hole (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
• interstice A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, such as between cords in a rope, components of a multiconductor electrical cable or atoms in a crystal.
• opening The first few moves in a game.

hole — full definition

1. noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
2. noun A flaw, weakness, or gap in an argument, plan, or system.
3. noun In golf, one of the numbered targets a player aims the ball into, or a full round segment of the course leading to it.

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