Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rathole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: rathole
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.

noun

A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.

noun

A particularly squalid human residence or other place.

noun

An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.

noun

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.

Transitive verb

verb

To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra."

Etymology

From rat + hole.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ratholes (plural) ratholes (present, singular) ratholing (participle, present) ratholed (participle, past) ratholed (past)

Phrases

pound sand into a rathole enough sense to pound sand into a rathole

Synonyms

amound intreasure

Questions

What does rathole mean?: An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
Where does rathole come from?: From rat + hole.

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