WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sound′ hole′, 
  1. Music and Dancean opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
  • 1605–15

'sound hole' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Spanish guitar - guitar

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