| 1. | a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water. |
| 2. | a source of drinking water, as a spring or well in the desert. |
| 3. | a pond; pool. |
| 4. | a cavity containing water in the dry bed of a river. |
| 5. | a hole in the frozen surface of a lake, pond, stream, etc. |

| water hole n. See watering hole. |
| watering hole n. In both senses also called water hole.
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