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underhole

underhole verb: to cut away or mine out the lower portion of a coal seam or a part of the underlay so as to win or get the overlying coal.

Verb

underhole (third-person singular simple present underholes, present participle underholing, simple past and past participle underholed)

  1. To cut away or mine out the lower portion of a coal seam or a part of the underlay so as to win or get the overlying coal.

Forms of underhole

third-person singular presentunderholes
present participleunderholing
past participleunderholed
pastunderholed

Origin of underhole

From under- + hole.

Questions about underhole

What does underhole mean?
Underhole means to cut away or mine out the lower portion of a coal seam or a part of the underlay so as to win or get the overlying coal.
What part of speech is underhole?
Underhole is a verb.
What is the past tense of underhole?
The past tense of underhole is underholed.

Words near underhole in the dictionary

  1. underhitting
  2. underhive
  3. underhold
  4. underholding
  5. underholds
  6. underhole
  7. underholed
  8. underholes
  9. underholing
  10. underhonest
  11. underhood

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