knothole
/ˈnɒthəʊl/noun
उच्चारण नॉट्होल
(लकड़ी में) गाँठ का छेद
Core word
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a hole in a piece of wood where a knot (= a hard round spot where a branch joined the tree) has come out
(लकड़ी में) गाँठ का छेद
- The children peeped through a knothole in the fence.
- Sunlight streamed in through a knothole in the old wooden door.
- Water dripped through a knothole in the roof boards.
+ 2 more examples
- The boy put his eye to the knothole to see what was happening outside.
- A small bird built its nest in a knothole of the old tree.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
knothole (countable noun)
A knothole is a hole in a plank where a knot has fallen out; it is countable.
Knothole तख्ते में वह छेद है जहाँ से गाँठ गिर गई हो; यह countable है।
- He peeped through a knothole in the fence.
through a knothole
The usual preposition is through, because you look or pass through the opening.
सामान्य preposition through है, क्योंकि आप छेद के आर-पार देखते या गुज़रते हैं।
- A beam of light came through a knothole in the roof.
knothole + noun
It may be used as a modifier in compounds such as knothole view, mostly in descriptive writing.
यह knothole view जैसे compounds में modifier की तरह आ सकता है, मुख्यतः वर्णनात्मक लेखन में।
- The knothole view showed only a small part of the playground.
knot / knothole
Do not confuse knothole with knot; the knot is the hard lump in wood, while the knothole is the empty hole left behind.
Knothole और knot को न मिलाएँ; knot लकड़ी की कठोर गाँठ है, जबकि knothole उसके गिरने से बना खाली छेद है।
- The knot fell out and left a knothole in the board.
+Collocations 4
adjective + knothole
smallroundtinydarkemptydeep
- A tiny knothole in the door let in a thin ray of light.
verb + knothole
peep throughstuffplugfillspotfind
- The carpenter filled the knothole with wood paste.
knothole + preposition
in the fencein the plankin the wallin the tree
- A sparrow built its nest in a knothole in the old tree.
knothole + noun
viewgappeep
- The knothole gap was just wide enough to see the street.
“More examples 8
- The children took turns peeping through the knothole at the cricket match.
बच्चे बारी-बारी से knothole से क्रिकेट मैच झाँकते रहे।
- Radhika filled the knothole before painting the old door.
पुराने दरवाज़े को रंगने से पहले राधिका ने उस छेद को भर दिया।
- A squirrel ran out of a knothole in the mango tree.
एक गिलहरी आम के पेड़ के छेद से बाहर दौड़ी।
- Rainwater leaked through a knothole in the wooden boat.
लकड़ी की नाव के एक छेद से बरसात का पानी रिसने लगा।
- Through the knothole he could see the whole courtyard.
उस छेद से वह पूरा आँगन देख सकता था।
- The old fence had a knothole low enough for a small child to look through.
पुरानी बाड़ में इतना नीचा छेद था कि छोटा बच्चा उसमें से झाँक सके।
- He pushed a thin wire through the knothole to unlock the shed.
उसने शेड का ताला खोलने के लिए छेद से एक पतला तार भीतर डाला।
- The photographer shot the street scene through a knothole in the old gate.
फ़ोटोग्राफ़र ने पुराने फाटक के एक छेद से गली का दृश्य खींचा।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He saw the stage by a knothole in the wall.
✓ He saw the stage through a knothole in the wall.
Use through for seeing across an opening.
किसी छेद के आर-पार देखने के लिए through का प्रयोग होता है।
§Grammar and usage
The k in knothole and knot is silent.
Knothole और knot का k नहीं बोला जाता।