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waterhole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter-hole
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink.

noun

A watering hole; a place where people meet to drink and talk.

Informal

noun

A part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between the regions where hydrogen and hydroxyl radiate, that is relatively quiet in terms of radio astronomy.

Example Sentences

Etymology

* water + hole. * (astronomy): Coined by Bernard Oliver in 1971, in allusion to the idea that this part of the spectrum would be that used by extraterrestrial intelligence to communicate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

waterholes (plural) water-hole (alternative) water hole (alternative)

Phrases

Freemans Waterhole

Questions

What does waterhole mean?
A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink.
Where does waterhole come from?
* water + hole. * (astronomy): Coined by Bernard Oliver in 1971, in allusion to the idea that this part of the spectrum would be that used by extraterrestrial intelligence to communicate.

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