rectangular hole

collocation in English

meaningsofrectangularandhole

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rectangular
adjective
uk
/rekˈtæŋ.ɡjə.lər/us
/rekˈtæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
shaped like ...
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hole
noun[C]
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
an empty space in an object, usually with an opening to the object's surface, or an opening that goes completely through ...
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(Definition ofrectangularandholefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Assume that the sides of therectangularholeare large, corresponding to the number of colours.
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An ice saw, auger or chisel is used to cut a circular orrectangularholein the ice.
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The vanes have arectangularholein each with a fine wire held vertically in the opening.
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All 3-inch disks have arectangularholein one corner which, if obstructed, write-enabled the disk.
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Instead of hooks, he drilled arectangularholethrough the ski from side to side, and passed an iron bar through it.
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The tenon, formed on the end of a member generally referred to as a rail, is inserted into a square orrectangularholecut into the corresponding member.
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It consists of a room that appears to have a blank canvas on display, but the canvas is actually arectangularholein the wall, lit to look otherwise.
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More furnaces were discovered at the same site with burnt clay pieces with rectangular holes.
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In these circumstances, slotted wires are often used, whereby rectangular holes are carved in the wires.
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This allows them to be snapped into a mounting plate with correspondingly-sized rectangular holes, called ports.
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Pileated woodpeckers will often chip out large and roughly rectangular holes in trees while searching out insects, especially ant galleries.
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Both figures have rectangular holes cut into their torsos, suggestive of their transcendent status.
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Below the latter are rectangular holes, marking where wooden hoarding would have been attached.
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