Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underhole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-hole
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

From under- + hole.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

underholes (present, singular) underholing (participle, present) underholed (participle, past) underholed (past)

Questions

What does underhole mean?
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.
Where does underhole come from?
From under- + hole.

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