POSTHOLES Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

postholes

noun

plural of posthole

as in excavations

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Noun

This untreated runoff makes its way through storm drains and ditches into our local streams and rivers and eventually, the ocean.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Both townships and counties had authority to tax land thus providing funds for roads and ditches.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026

Definition of ditches

Noun

President Sheinbaum’s prerequisite about a system to monitor aquifer integrity may find learnings in an extensive surveillance of producing wells and water wells in coalbed methane plays in Australia, which has been documented.

— Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Horvath highlighted Los Angeles County's commitment to phasing out existing wells and banning new oil drilling to achieve 100% renewable energy.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of wells

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Research suggests these insects, found in northeastern Illinois and other Midwestern states, require burrows created by Great Plains mudbugs and water flowing over the mineral dolomite, Garrison said.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
Around the dozens of containers that make Toolik the US’s largest research station in the Arctic, musk ox and caribou graze on dwarf birches and fragrant labrador tea, while Arctic ground squirrels pop out of their burrows to survey the tundra.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Definition of burrows

Noun

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
Now, stars broken in the reality trenches are crossing over into more traditional Hollywood offerings, with everyone from Netflix to A24 putting scripts into their hands.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of trenches

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Kat and Aesha take the guests swimming in some nearby caves while the rest of the crew holds down the fort.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
On one end is the Valley of Gangala, a series of ancient limestone caves with Paleolithic archeological sites and massive banyan trees said to host sacred spirits.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of caves

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Work in one area at a time, using a toothbrush to get into hard-to-reach grooves.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026
Across 17 tracks, guitar riffs curdle into sheets of distortion, melodies dissolve into electronic hiss, and grooves are chronically interrupted by fresh rhythmic detours.

— Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of grooves

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