1. a very small hole made by or as if by a pin
2. a small hole in a photographic device that allows light to pass through to create an image
Usage: photography

1. relating to or being a camera or photographic technique using a pinhole instead of a lens
Usage: photography

Examples

• Light streamed through a pinhole in the curtain.
• The pinhole in the roof caused a small leak.
• She made a pinhole camera for her science project.
• The pinhole technique produces images with infinite depth of field.
• A pinhole leak in the pipe was hard to detect.
• The photographer experimented with pinhole photography.
• Even a tiny pinhole can let in enough light to expose film.