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Definition: MOUSEHOLE |
MOUSEHOLENoun1. A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Opening | Noun: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MOUSEHOLE |
| Specialty definitions using "MOUSEHOLE": Pentreath. (references) |
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Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Lion and the mousehole. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "MOUSEHOLE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MOUSEHOLE" is used about 3 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mousehole | 10 |
mousehole cornwall | 5 |
hotel mousehole | 5 |
accommodation in mousehole | 3 |
cornwall cottage mousehole | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MOUSEHOLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | myší díra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | musehullet er en roerlaengde,der er placeret lodret paa den forreste del af rotationsbordet,og hvori den naeste laengde boreroer,der skal skrues paa borestrengen,er anbragt (the mousehole is a length of pipe set vertically on the forward side of the rotary table into which is places the next joint of drill pipe to be added to the drill string). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | het muisegat is een stuk buis dat verticaal op de voorkant van de rotarytafel is geplaatst en waarin de volgende boorpijp wordt gezet die aan de boorkolom wordt toegevoegd (the mousehole is a length of pipe set vertically on the forward side of the rotary table into which is places the next joint of drill pipe to be added to the drill string). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | le "mousehole" ou trou de souris est un fourreau tubulaire disposé verticalement en avant de la table de rotation,dans lequel est entreposée la longueur élémentaire de tige de forage(simple)devant être ajoutée la garniture de forage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | das "Mauseloch" ist ein senkrecht gesetztes Rohrstueck an der Vorderseite des Drehtisches,in das die naechste Bohrstange,die auf den Bohrstrang aufgesetzt werden soll,abgestellt wird. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | το "MOUSEHOLE" είναι μία σωληνοειδής θήκη τοποθετημένη κατακόρυφα μπροστά από την περιστροφική τράπεζα,μέσα στην οποία εναποτίθεται το στοιχει. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | il "mousehole:è una lunghezza di tubo fissato verticalmente sulla parte anteriore sella tavola rotary,dentro il quale viene sistemato il giunto di asta prossimo ad essere inserito alla batteria. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ouseholemay gaurã de şoarece. (various references) el pozo raton (Mousehole) es una pieza tubular dispuesta verticalmente en la parte anterior de la mesa rotatoria en la que se coloca la siguiente seccion de varilla que ha de añadirse al varillaj e de perforacion (the mousehole is a length of pipe set vertically on the forward side of the rotary table into which is places the next joint of drill pipe to be added to the drill string). (various references) fare deliği. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-l-m-o-o-s-u" | |
-3 letters: housel, mohels, oleums, osmole, sholom. | |
-4 letters: emeus, heels, helms, helos, hemes, holes, holms, homes, homos, hosel, house, looms, loose, louse, meous, mohel, moles, mools, moose, moues, mouse, mules, oleos, oleum, osmol, ousel, sheol, shool, solum. | |
-5 letters: eels, elms, else, emes, emeu, emus, heel, helm, helo, heme, hems, hoes, hole, holm, hols, home, homo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-l-m-o-o-s-u" | |
+2 letters: unwholesome. | |
+3 letters: closemouthed. | |
+4 letters: homogeneously, thermocouples, unwholesomely. | |
+5 letters: hemimetabolous, rheumatologies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 4F 55 53 45 48 4F 4C 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- ..- ... . .... --- .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01001111 01010101 01010011 01000101 01001000 01001111 01001100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M O U S E H O L E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 004F 0055 0053 0045 0048 004F 004C 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)474955533942494639 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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