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What is the noun for keyholing?

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keyhole
  1. The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
  2. Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function.
  3. A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress.
  4. (carpentry) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.
  5. (engineering) A mortise for a key or cotter.
  6. (lasers) A transient column of vapor or plasma formed when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.
  7. (metallurgy) A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses.
  8. (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. opening, aperture, orifice, hole, spyhole, peephole, gap, crack, chink, fissure, slit, break, breach, slot, vent, split, puncture, cleft, rift, crevice, fracture, leak, eyelet, cranny, rupture, tear, interstice, notch, rent, space, outlet, perforation, void, gash, cut, hiatus, passage, foramen, separation, discontinuity, incision, interval, lacuna, gulf, window, tunnel, nick, loophole, vacuity, run … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “I peered through the keyhole to catch a glimpse of the hidden room.”
keyholing
  1. (firearms) The tendency of a bullet fired down an excessively large barrel to wobble in flight and leave a keyhole-shaped puncture in the target.
  2. (lasers) The formation of a transient column of vapor or plasma when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.
keyholes
  1. plural of keyhole
  2. Synonyms:
      3. openings, apertures, orifices, holes, spyholes, peepholes, fissures, crack, slits, chinks, gaps, splits, interstices, crevices, rupture, punctures, fractures, breaches, slots, rifts, tears, notches, leaks, clefts, breaks, crannies, vents, eyelets, outlets, rent, space, separation, foramina, passages, tunnels, intervals, incision, perforation, nicks, gashes, lacunae, cuts, mouths, gulfs, windows, voids, loopholes, discontinuities, runs, vacuity … more
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