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Wormholes, gunk holes and f-holes: Not obscene, but what do they mean?

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borehole
n
a hole drilled in the earth, as for the purpose of extracting a core, releasing gas, oil, water, etc.
gnamma hole
n
a hollow in bare rock, narrow at the opening and wider at the bottom, in which water collects.
foxhole
n
a small pit, usually for one or two soldiers, dug as a shelter in a battle area.
pigeonhole
to assign to a definite place or to definite places in some orderly system.
gunk hole
n
a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
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toad-in-the-hole
n
a dish consisting of beef or pork sausages baked in a coating of batter.
wormhole
a theoretical passageway in space between a black hole and a white hole.
ace in the hole
an advantage or a resource kept back until the proper opportunity presents itself.
lubber's hole
n
(in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds.
chuckhole
n
a hole or pit in a road or street; pothole.
f-hole
either of two holes in the body of a violin, cello, or similar stringed instrument.
nineteenth hole
n
the clubhouse or any other place where golfers gather after play to relax, talk, or have a drink.
weep hole
a hole in a retaining wall, or the like for draining off accumulated moisture, as from condensation or seepage.
dry hole
n
any well drilled for oil or gas that does not yield enough to be commercially profitable.

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