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postholes

postholes is the plural of posthole.

postholes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of posthole.

Meaning of posthole

Noun

posthole (plural postholes)

  1. A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.
    • Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture.2007 January 31, John Noble Wilford, “Village May Have Housed Builders of Stonehenge”, in New York Times

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Questions about postholes

What is postholes the plural of?
Postholes is the plural of posthole.

Words near postholes in the dictionary

  1. posthodiernal
  2. postholder
  3. postholders
  4. posthole
  5. postholed
  6. postholes
  7. postholiday
  8. postholing
  9. postholocaust
  10. posthoplastic
  11. posthoplastician

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