water hole

water hole
noun
a natural hole or hollow containing water
• Hypernyms: ↑pond, ↑pool

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noun
1. : a natural hole or hollow containing water: as
a. : one in the dry bed of an intermittent river
b. : a spring in a desert
c. : a small pool, pond, or lake
2. : a hole in a surface of ice

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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.
[1645-55]

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water hole noun
A pool in which water has collected, eg a spring in a desert or a pool in the dried-up course of a river
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Main Entry: ↑water

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water hole,
1. a hole in the ground where water collects; small pond; pool.
2. Astronomy. a part of the electromagnetic spectrum, considered the most likely band for use in extraterrestrial contact with earth. It is almost free of radio noise and radiates interstellar hydrogen and oxygen (elements that combine to form water).

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noun, pl ⋯ holes [count]
: a small pool, pond, or lake used by animals for drinking — called also watering hole

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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