VENT-HOLE Synonyms

• a device that controls amount of light admitted

• a natural opening in something

• an man-made opening; usually small

• a short respite

• air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time

• a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building

• a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp

• a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

• a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

• an enclosed conduit for a fluid

• the act of escaping physically

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• an avoidance of danger or difficulty

• a means or way of escaping

• a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

• run away from confinement

• fail to experience

• escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• issue or leak, as from a small opening

• flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor

• organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip

• a conduit to carry off smoke

• an opening into or through something

• an opening deliberately made in or through something

• one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course

• an unoccupied space

• a depression hollowed out of solid matter

• a fault

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• informal terms for the mouth

• hit the ball into the hole

• make holes in

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• a place of business for retailing goods

• receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices

• an opening that permits escape or release

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next

• a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

• a way through or along which someone or something may pass

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a journey usually by ship

• a short section of a musical composition

• a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

• the motion of one object relative to another

• the act of passing something to another person

• a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

• a hole that allows the passage of air

• the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull

• a hole for the escape of gas or air

• a hole for the escape of gas or air