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Rarerathole
The correct spelling is rathole.
How to pronounce rathole
noun
Say it like: Rat-hol-e
The correct spelling is rathole. An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
- 2.A living area used by mice or rats.
- 3.A particularly squalid human residence.
- 4.An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
- 5.A pigeonhole.
verb
- 1.To hoard.
- 2.To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
- 3.To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
- 4.(of material) to empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
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