How do you use Perforate in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pierced or enter, plus the exact meaning.
Perforate meaning
- To pierce; to penetrate.
- To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
Synonyms of Perforate
Using Perforate
- The main meaning on this page is: To pierce; to penetrate. | To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
- Useful related words include: pierced, go in, go into, get in.
- In the example corpus, perforate often appears in combinations such as: to perforate.
Context around Perforate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Perforate
- In this selection, "perforate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include easy to perforate the dome and insufficient to perforate all stamps. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "perforate" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with perforate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Clinton instructs the victim to “perforate” his hands and feet to save some time. (14 words)
The use of aluminium makes it easy to perforate the dome with thousands of tiny holes. (16 words)
Initial capacity was insufficient to perforate all stamps printed, thus perforated issues used between February and July 1857 are scarce and quite valuable. (23 words)
Research of impact damage of ships has revealed that double-hulled tankers are unlikely to perforate both hulls in a collision, preventing oil from seeping out. (26 words)
Initial capacity was insufficient to perforate all stamps printed, thus perforated issues used between February and July 1857 are scarce and quite valuable. (23 words)
The use of aluminium makes it easy to perforate the dome with thousands of tiny holes. (16 words)
Example sentences (4)
Clinton instructs the victim to “perforate” his hands and feet to save some time.
Initial capacity was insufficient to perforate all stamps printed, thus perforated issues used between February and July 1857 are scarce and quite valuable.
Research of impact damage of ships has revealed that double-hulled tankers are unlikely to perforate both hulls in a collision, preventing oil from seeping out.
The use of aluminium makes it easy to perforate the dome with thousands of tiny holes.
Common combinations with perforate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to perforate 4×