Home › Words › T › thumbholethumbholethumbhole · noun — A hole designed to receive a thumb.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom thumb + hole.nounA hole designed to receive a thumb.verbTo cut thumbholes (for carrying) in the lids of boxes.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.thumbpiece 67% match — Part of an object to accommodate a person's thumb, such as on the ornamental handle of a tankard. vs thumbhole →tailhole 65% match — An opening in a garment for a tail to go through. vs thumbhole →thumbed 59% match — Having some specific type of thumb. vs thumbhole →holed 58% match — Having one or more holes. vs thumbhole →drophole 58% match — A hole designed for something to be dropped through. vs thumbhole →holeable 58% match — Able to be holed; allowing the ball to be sunk. vs thumbhole →keyholing 57% match — The tendency of a bullet fired down an excessively large barrel to wobble in flight and leave a keyhole-shaped puncture in the target. vs thumbhole →armhole 56% match — A human armpit. vs thumbhole →