Meaning & use

bullet hole

noun·Everyday

A hole made in a surface or body when a bullet passes through it.

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Investigators counted three bullet holes in the wall behind the broken window.

The old barn door still had a bullet hole from a hunting accident decades earlier.

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Bullet hole is a straightforward compound noun and is usually written as two words, not hyphenated.

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