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A hole in ice through which air escapes.
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A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
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A hole dug in the ground in which beans are cooked.
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A hole dug for the purpose of cooking beans underground on hot coals.
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A hole drilled into the surface of the ground, intended to prevent flooding
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Alternative form of black hole [(transitive, Internet) To redirect (network traffic, etc.) nowhere; to discard (incoming traffic).]
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A hole in the bottom of a pump through which water enters.
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(engineering) A hole that does not extend completely through the wall; a dead end hole.
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(geology) A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled.
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A hole in an animal's den, or through a wall or fence, used for escape or emergency exit; i.e. a hole the animal may bolt through.
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The place where such a well exists.
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(Australia) A lake formed from artesian water brought up from below the ground via a bore.
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(construction, civil engineering) A pit dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.
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An artificial hole or depression in the ground, used for washing and libations, etc. in ancient times.
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Alternative spelling of bung-hole [A hole in a vessel, such as a cask, that may be stopped with a bung.]
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A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces.
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Alternative spelling of cesspit [A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.]
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(architecture) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.
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A hole in the pavement with a removable hatch, leading to an underground coal bunker.
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A sunken place in a road, caused by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot.
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A hole or retreat onto which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.
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Synonym of cyclone cellar
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(UK) Alternative form of denehole. [An underground structure consisting of a number of small chalk caves entered by a vertical shaft.]
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A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
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(UK, mining) The lowest part of a mine, into which the water drains.
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(by extension) Any sinkhole.
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A hole designed for something to be dropped through.
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A hole or cavern in the earth; a cave.
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Alternative form of earth pond [An artificial pond that does not have a lining]
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a type of hollow clay drainage pipe laid end to end mainly in agricultural fields, with a small gap between each one so water can seep into the pipe.
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A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life.
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(mining, climbing) A hole into which the foot can be wedged to aid in climbing; a foothold.
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(anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
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(mining) The worn side of the bank of a river.
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(countable) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
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A pothole of very large dimensions, as found in glaciers in Norway (pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream).
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(Australia) A boulder, a stone; a mass of stone.
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An excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.
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Alternative spelling of gunkhole [(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.]
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(Canada) A small manhole.
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A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
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A narrow pit or trench over which a vehicle can be parked and conveniently worked on from beneath.
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(mining, archaic) A hole that is created using a jack or wedge.
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(geology) A depression in the ground occurring as the result of a large block of ice getting buried by glacial outwash and subsequent melting of it.
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(metallurgy) A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses.
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(architecture, obsolete) A gutter, groove, or channel.
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The opening of a kiln into which material is fed.
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(geology) An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.
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(transitive) To sow (an area) with land mines.
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(obsolete) A way or path; a road.
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(obsolete, rare) An overhead cavity in a cave or mineshaft caused by a fall of roof.
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A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
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A removable plate used to form the lid over the opening of a manhole.
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(dated) A pit where marl has been dug.
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(civil engineering) A method for digging trenches for cables and pipes by sawing, which results in narrower trenches (less than 130 mm) and less disturbance to the environment than more traditional methods.
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A hole drilled through the Earth's crust into the Mohorovičić discontinuity, part of a scientific project of the 1960s.
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Alternative form of murder hole [A slit or hole above the entrance to a fortification, thought to provide access for defenders to kill invaders.]
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A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
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(of a maintenance area) Provided with one or more inspection pits.
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(authorship) A gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.
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Alternative spelling of plot hole [(authorship) A gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.]
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(archaeology) A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.
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Alternative form of pothole [A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.]
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Alternative form of pothole [A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.]
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A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
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(British) Someone who explores potholes as a hobby.
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Alternative form of puit [(obsolete) A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring.]
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An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
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(physics, astronomy) A relatively short, toroidal wormhole
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A hole in the ground formed by the growth of plant roots.
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A borehole, bored into sea ice, that collects surface brine
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Alternative form of sandspit [A small sandy point of land or a narrow shoal projecting into a body of water from the shore]
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A barge that collected sand from the bottom of lakes, for use in metal founding.
adj
(UK, dialect) overgrown with rushes
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Alternative spelling of shoad [(mining) Loose fragments (often of metal ore) mixed with earth.]
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(drilling) A hole, very deep but only a few inches wide, which is used to drop explosives beneath the Earth's surface to ease petroleum extraction.
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Alternative form of chott [(geology) A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.]
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Alternative form of sinkhole [(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.]
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Alternative spelling of sinkhole [(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.]
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(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
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A trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool.
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A hole in the top of a building, especially a basic building or structure such as a tipi or yurt, through which smoke can exit.
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The working of alluvial deposits to get ore.
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A hole in the ground left when a tree stump is removed.
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(Britain) A sinkhole; a shakehole.
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(rare, archaic or nonstandard) An opening in the skin through which sweat is excreted; pore.
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A pothole formed by swirling water
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A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.
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Alternative form of tide mill [A mill operated by tidal currents.]
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A hole or depression in the snow around the base of a tree caused by the tree's canopy preventing the accumulation of snow.
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(transitive, manufacturing, mining) To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
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The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
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(mining, civil engineering, attributive) A method of shaft excavation by drifting to a point below, and then raising instead of sinking.
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Obsolete form of ventail. [(historical) Synonym of aventail (“mail curtain or flap, on a helmet or a mail coif, that protects the lower face and neck”)]
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A small opening for drainage.
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(military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
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The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.
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A yard in which a well (water source) is located.
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(transitive) To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels.
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