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ratholes

ratholes is the plural of rathole.

ratholes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rathole.

Meaning of rathole

Noun

rathole (plural ratholes)

  1. An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
  2. A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.
    • Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra.1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122
  3. A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
  4. An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
  5. A pigeonhole.

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Questions about ratholes

What is ratholes the plural of?
Ratholes is the plural of rathole.

Words near ratholes in the dictionary

  1. Ratho Station
  2. Rathod
  3. Rathods
  4. rathole
  5. ratholed
  6. ratholes
  7. ratholing
  8. rathood
  9. Rathore
  10. Rathores
  11. rathouisiid

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