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# eyelet

«eyelet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small round hole in cloth, leather or paper that a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an eyelet, eyelets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An eyelet is a small round hole in cloth, leather or paper that a lace, string or hook goes through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelet/#m1)

2) It is also the small metal ring that strengthens such a hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelet/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday life: shoes, trainers, tents, banners and curtains. Design and technology lessons. Phrases: lace through the eyelets, metal eyelets.

### examples

- Thread the lace through each eyelet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelet/#x1)
- My trainers have eight eyelets on each side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelet/#x2)
- The tent pegs go through the eyelets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelet/#x3)
- The banner hung by its metal eyelets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelet/#x4)
- One eyelet tore out of my school bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelet/#x5)
- Use a hole punch to make eyelets in the card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelet/#x6)

### note

Countable. Say «EYE-let». Sounds like «islet» (a small island) — a homophone. Count eyelets in pairs on shoes.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eyelet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.