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

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
Korean lunar orbiter spots Falcon 9 crash site The collision was expected to create a crater about 60 feet wide and 12 feet deep and throw a plume of dust and rock outward into the air.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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Unlike conventional nuclear plants, Deep Fission’s design places a pressurized water reactor about one mile below the surface inside a deep borehole.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
What The Other 100% Looks Like In a place called Kelelwa, Kenya, our organization rehabilitated a colonial-era borehole and powered it with an electric pump.

— Sarah Evans, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of borehole

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Colorado State Patrol The Kenworth collided with the left side of the International trailer, overturning the trailer into an irrigation ditch on the south side of the roadway.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
The toxic mix of oil and an underground water called brine, several times saltier than the ocean, poured into a ditch along Petrolia Lane and crept toward an unnamed stream.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

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Go skiing in Gudauri, trek through Tusheti, or wander in the ancient cave cities of Vardzia and Uplistsikhe.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
Scientists have recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls, offering new clues about the people behind prehistoric art.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of cave

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This tracks with other nearby excavations—including a well, a burial ground, and a settlement—that are from the pre-Nuragic period.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Construction teams last week began drilling the first of 65 on-site wells that will reach depths of 820 feet, where the temperature is roughly 55 degrees year-round.

— Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of well

Noun

The Stockton Fire Department said two bodies were recovered from a construction trench that collapsed on Saturday morning.

— Jose Fabian, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026

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