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# perforation

«perforation» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small hole, or one of a line of small holes, made in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a perforation, perforations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small hole, or one of a line of small holes, made in paper so it can be torn off neatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perforation/#m1)

2) A hole made through something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perforation/#m2)

3) (medicine) A hole in a part of the body that should not have one, such as a perforated eardrum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perforation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, perforations are on stamps, tickets, toilet roll and tear-off forms: «tear along the perforation». In medicine, a perforated eardrum is a small hole in the eardrum that usually heals. Phrases: «tear along the perforations», «perforated line», «perforated eardrum».

### examples

- Tear the coupon along the perforation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perforation/#x1)
- Stamps have tiny perforations around their edges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perforation/#x2)
- Toilet paper has perforations so you can tear one sheet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perforation/#x3)
- The doctor said he had a small perforation in his eardrum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perforation/#x4)
- Draw a dotted line to show where the perforation goes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perforation/#x5)
- The metal sheet was full of perforations to let air through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perforation/#x6)

### note

Countable. Verb «perforate»; adjective «perforated». Spelling: per-for-a-tion. Trap: do not confuse with «performance».

### Trees and pragmatics

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