First Known Use: circa 1857
Dictionary
ostiole
noun os·ti·ole \ˈäs-tē-ˌōl\
Definition of OSTIOLE
: a small bodily aperture, orifice, or pore
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Origin of OSTIOLE
New Latin ostiolum, from Latin, diminutive of ostium
Rhymes with OSTIOLE
aureole, banderole, bannerol, barcarole, barrel roll, buttonhole, cabriole, camisole, capriole, caracole, carmagnole, coffee roll, croquignole, cubbyhole, decontrol, Demerol, Dover sole, escarole, exit poll, farandole, finger hole, fumarole, girandole, girasole, Grand Guignol, honor roll, innersole, in the hole, Jackson Hole, jelly roll, kaiser roll, lemon sole, meadow vole, methanol, micromole, millimole, monopole, muster roll, on a roll, on the whole, oriole, oversoul, ozone hole, petiole, pick-and-roll, pigeonhole, protocol, rabbit hole, rigmarole, rock and roll, Seminole, totem pole, tracheole, vacuole, water hole
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