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Hole punch

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCore term

In office & administration, hole punch means: A small office tool used to make round holes in sheets of paper so they can go into a folder or binder.

In Turkish: delgeç

How it is used

Common in filing, document preparation, and admin work. Often used with paper, folders, binders, and stacks of printed forms.

Example sentences

  1. The hole punch is in the supply cupboard next to the stapler, so please use it before adding the forms to the binder.

    Here hole punch means the physical office tool needed to prepare printed forms for storage in a ring binder.

  2. This hole punch can handle only ten sheets at once, so divide the training manuals into smaller batches first.

    In this example, the term refers to a device with a sheet limit, important for safe and effective document handling.

Common collocations

  • use a hole punch
  • two-hole punch
  • hole punch tool
  • desk hole punch
  • staplerA small tool that joins sheets of paper together by pushing a thin piece of bent metal, called a staple, through them.
  • office suppliesEveryday items an office needs to work, such as paper, pens, toner, folders, staples and sometimes kitchen items like coffee and tea.

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