loopholes
Meaning of loopholes
plural noun
- an ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules.
they exploited tax loopholes
- an arrow slit in a wall.
- make arrow slits in (a wall).
the walls of the barracks were loopholed for muskets
late 16th century (denoting an arrow slit): from obsolete loop ‘embrasure’ + hole.
Information about loopholes
- The singular form of loopholes is: loophole.
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Hyphenation of loopholes
loop-holes
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- loopholes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
loopholes synonyms
Meaning the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness:
Meaning a person or thing that has been left out or excluded:
Meaning the state or quality of being inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required:
Meaning a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object:
Meaning an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character:
Meaning a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:
Meaning a line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart:
Meaning the fact or state of being inconsistent:
Meaning an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts:
Meaning a fault or failure to meet a certain standard, typically in a person's character, a plan, or a system:
Meaning an act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance:
Meaning a cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant:
Meaning a hollow place in a solid body or surface:
Meaning a break or hole in an object or between two objects:
Meaning a space or gap that allows passage or access:
Meaning an opening, hole, or gap:
Meaning a narrow opening, typically one that admits light:
Meaning a long, narrow cut or opening:
Meaning a long, narrow aperture or slit in a machine for something to be inserted:
Words that rhyme with loopholes
oles, haoles, Arboles, Boles, amphiboles, antimetaboles, boles, caramboles, ecboles, hyperboles, hypoboles, oboles, paraboles, rocamboles, soboles, symboles, Coles, Scoles, arvicoles, borecoles, bricoles, calcicoles, caracoles, clearcoles, clerecoles, coles, ecoles, pratincoles, terricoles, tubicoles, condoles, doles, farandoles, girandoles, indoles, iprindoles, oxindoles, Creoles, alveoles, areoles, aureoles, bracteoles, cineoles, creoles, foveoles, nucleoles, tracheoles, caprifoles, Goles, goles
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