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View synonyms for water hole
water hole
noun
- a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- a source of drinking water, as a spring or well in the desert.
- a pond; pool.
- a cavity containing water in the dry bed of a river.
- a hole in the frozen surface of a lake, pond, stream, etc.
water hole
noun
- a depression, such as a pond or pool, containing water, esp one used by animals as a drinking place
- a source of drinking water in a desert
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Word History and Origins
Origin of water hole1
First recorded in 1645–55
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Example Sentences
Apaches used what was once a marshy ciénaga as a water hole for centuries.
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Much better but still weak Burros came in late & hung around water hole.
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Cool wind makes weather endurable, but bees terrible in kitchen & around water-hole.
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An investigation showed the rest of the herd standing around the water-hole.
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When he got out of the water hole he wiped himself dry on the grass by lying on his side and pushing himself along with his feet.
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Once I lay at a path near a water hole in the pocket of a half-dried stream, and killed two buffalo cows.
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