BOLTHOLE

  

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BOLTHOLE

Specialty Definition: BOLTHOLE

DomainDefinition

Mining

S. Staff. A short narrow opening made to connect the main workings withthe airhead or ventilating drift of a coal mine. Also called bolt. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BOLTHOLE

Specialty definitions using "BOLTHOLE": jack holeline-and-frame polerPOLE FRAMER. (references)

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Usage Frequency: BOLTHOLE

"BOLTHOLE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BOLTHOLE" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%8124,375

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BOLTHOLE

Language Translations for "BOLTHOLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

schlupfloch (gap, hideout, hole, lair, loop hole, loophole). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oltholebay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: BOLTHOLE

Derivations

Words beginning with "BOLTHOLE": boltholes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: BOLTHOLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-h-l-l-o-o-t"

-3 letters: bhoot, booth, botel, hello, helot, hollo, hotel, obole, thole.

-4 letters: bell, belt, beth, blet, blot, bole, boll, bolo, bolt, boot, both, hell, helo, hobo, hole, holt, hoot, lobe, lobo, loot, loth, oboe, obol, oleo, tell, tole, toll, tool.

-5 letters: bel, bet, boo, bot, ell, eth, het, hob, hoe, hot, let, lob, loo, lot.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-h-l-l-o-o-t"
 

+1 letter: boltholes.

 

+4 letters: photolyzable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage Frequency
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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