CHUCKHOLE Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

chuckhole

noun

Definition of chuckhole

as in water hole

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Recent Examples of chuckhole Warren and Lang — and sometimes up to five of their friends — spend their spare time fixing some of the worst chuckholes on side streets. — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2018

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Noun

One of the reasons the water hole has been so favored is because radio waves in this frequency range are not absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
There were about 50 of them and they were strung out over a wide, grassy plain near a water hole.

— Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026

Definition of water hole

Noun

Commands reach a rover by way of relay satellites, and crater rims can block the line of sight to those relays.

— Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
Park and his colleagues went looking for the records of that catastrophe in the mud taken from the bottom of a small crater lake on the Kenya-Tanzania border.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026

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These systems are not new; lots of buildings use this borehole technology, notably in Europe and Canada, though some use it just to drain heat into the ground without actively trying to pull it back later on.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026
After half a mile, extremely salty radioactive water started flowing out of the borehole.

— James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of borehole

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Some suites intentionally feel cave-like and cocooning, which fits the atmosphere but may not suit everyone.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
Great Basin National Park Great Basin’s beauty sprawls across 77,000 acres, with sky-high peaks, limestone caves, tranquil lakes, and groves of ancient Bristlecone pines, some of which are among the oldest trees on Earth.

— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026

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That could change an early stage of mineral exploration, where companies must decide where to spend money collecting more detailed data and drilling test wells.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Resident Benny Collesano questioned who would be responsible for improvements to the residents’ water supply if homeowners’ wells are affected.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of well

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Last night, Gerber continued her love affair with the do-everything, go-anywhere little black dress, wearing a knee-length slip beneath an oversized khaki trench.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
Both sides have consequently dug legal and PR trenches to snipe at the other and rally endorsements.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

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