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blasthole

noun

Etymology

From blast + hole.

  1. derived from van Hole
  2. derived from hóll
  3. borrowed from Hole
  4. derived from *hulwiją✻
  5. derived from *hulwī✻
  6. derived from holh
  7. compounded as blasthole — “blast + hole”

Definitions

  1. The hole created by an explosion, for example, in mining.

  2. A hole in the bottom of a pump through which water enters.

  3. The hole into which a blasting charge is inserted.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blasthole. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA