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# keyhole

noun (a keyhole, keyholes); adjective (keyhole — keyhole surgery)

«keyhole» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A keyhole is the small hole in a lock where you put the key. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/#m1)
2. Keyhole surgery is an operation done through very small cuts, using a camera. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, the keyhole is part of a door lock; in stories characters peep through keyholes to spy, which is not polite. In science and health, keyhole surgery uses tiny cameras so patients heal faster. Phrases: look through the keyhole, put the key in the keyhole, keyhole surgery.

### Examples

- He put the key in the keyhole and turned it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/#x1)
- Alice looked through the keyhole and saw a beautiful garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/#x2)
- Light shone through the keyhole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/#x3)
- It is rude to listen at the keyhole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/#x4)
- Grandpa had keyhole surgery on his knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/#x5)
- The keyhole was too dark to find in the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/#x6)
- Curiosity made him put his eye to the keyhole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/#x7)

### Note

One word, countable: keyholes. Peeping or listening at keyholes is spying on people's privacy.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «keyhole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyhole/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«keyhole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/keyhole.html) on Mova free.