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earthhole

earthhole noun: a hole or cavern in the earth; a cave.

Noun

earthhole (plural earthholes)

  1. A hole or cavern in the earth; a cave.
    • And because she lived — like hundreds of other families — in an earthhole — since all the houses were destroyed — she had nothing to give me.1997, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Death

earthhole meaning in Bengali

earthhole in Bengali

an earthhole
গুহা guha

Forms of earthhole

pluralearthholes
alternative formearth-hole
alternative formearth hole

Origin of earthhole

From Middle English eorthehole; equivalent to earth + hole. Akin to Scots ert hyle (“earthhole, pit”).

Questions about earthhole

What does earthhole mean?
Earthhole means a hole or cavern in the earth; a cave.
What is earthhole in Bengali?
Earthhole in Bengali is গুহা (guha). See Earthhole meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is earthhole?
Earthhole is a noun.
What is the plural of earthhole?
The plural of earthhole is earthholes.

Words near earthhole in the dictionary

  1. earthfuls
  2. earthgirl
  3. earthgirls
  4. earthhog
  5. earthhogs
  6. earthhole
  7. earthholes
  8. earthhood
  9. earthhouse
  10. earthhouses
  11. Earthian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earthhole (page history and authors); গুহা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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