Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun perforation

3 senses of perforation

Sense 1
perforation -- (a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place)
       => hole -- (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Sense 2
perforation -- (a hole made in something; "a perforation of the eardrum")
       => hole -- (an opening into or through something)

Sense 3
perforation -- (the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation))
       => puncture -- (the act of puncturing or perforating)