POSTHOLE Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

posthole

noun

Definition of posthole

as in excavation

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Recent Examples of posthole Per the authors, the original residence was clearly connected with Holy Trinity Church just to the south, parts of which date back to the 11th century, as evidenced by the posthole remains of what was once a bridge or causeway. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025 In 2013, his team uncovered thousands more ancient postholes, some from 11 circular structures cut into the bedrock. — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023 To install the screen, mark the post centers on the ground, and use a posthole digger or shovel to dig holes at least 30 in. — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2021 Magazine reviewers were generally favorable to the first Bronco, but there’s a reason the truck became a rural workhorse with an accessories catalog full of snowplows and posthole diggers. — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 12 July 2020 For more than an hour, the three humans dig postholes in the hard dirt, put up a fence and prepare the goats’ meal. — Rachel Manteuffel, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2019

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Noun

The excavation is part of a three-year research project led by Anglia Ruskin University, which aims to learn more about the people who lived, worked and died at the medieval hospital.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Nancy’s British father, Gerald Cadogan, is an academic and archaeologist, and much of her childhood was spent on excavation sites in Cyprus and Crete.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of excavation

Noun

Geologists think the spider-like pattern in the crater's center was created when its floor rebounded following the initial impact, NASA has said.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The perception of cheating would likely cause trust in politics to crater even further.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of crater

Noun

The collision pushed the Honda and the man into the right lanes of the highway, and the Subaru came to rest in a ditch, according to the crash log.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
On the Indiana side, it was straightened a century ago and turned into a big ditch, essentially, through dredging.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

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The system generates high-power electromagnetic waves that can ablate, or vaporize, rock as a borehole advances.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of borehole

Noun

Levine Cava said the transportation department also maintains local roads, where the county already has an $18 million backlog of pothole repairs.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Early use cases for individualized agents have included filing forms to have a pothole filled or messy telephone wires cleaned up, though these human response systems aren’t built to handle a massive uptick in requests.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pothole

Noun

The festival lineup also includes wildlife presentations, exhibitor booths and demonstrations, and a Kids Zone with face painting, lawn games, casting activities, a gopher tortoise burrow exhibit and crafts.

— Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
My backyard tortoise, Philbert, has for some reason chosen my closet as his preferred brumation burrow.

— Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of burrow

Noun

Director Mauri Pelto said this year's survey shows the fastest average retreat since 1950 with the collapse of several large ice caves, which form as warm air circulates in retreating glaciers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
In the scene, Odysseus and his men enter a cave filled with cheese and sheep, only to discover it is the home of Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

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