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Definition: Post Hole |
Post HoleNoun1. A hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A shallow borehole. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Post HoleSynonym: posthole (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vehicle | Shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe; spade, spaddle, loy; spud; pitchfork; post hole digger. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Post Hole |
| English words defined with "post hole": posthole. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "post hole": ball-ender ♦ DRILLER-AND-REAMER, AUTOMATIC ♦ INSTALLER, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL ♦ SIGN ERECTOR II ♦ WIRE-WINDING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Emptying post hole drill. Ridge well project, Saint Mary's County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "post hole": post hole digger. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
post hole digger | 211 |
post hole auger | 45 |
post hole | 20 |
post hole digging | 12 |
tractor post hole digger | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: posthole, potholes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-l-o-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: pothole. | |
-2 letters: helots, hostel, hotels, photos, soothe, tholes, tholos, tophes. | |
-3 letters: estop, ethos, helos, helot, helps, holes, holts, hoops, hoots, hopes, hosel, hotel, loops, loose, loots, lopes, lotos, oleos, pelts, pesto, photo, phots, plots, poets, poles, polos, poohs, pools, sheol, shlep, shool, shoot, shote, slept, sloop, slope, sloth, sooth, sotol, spelt, spool, stole. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-l-o-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: holotypes, portholes, postholes. | |
+2 letters: lithopones, phonolites, photocells, photolyses, photolyzes, pilothouse, potholders, telephotos, typhlosole. | |
+3 letters: heliotropes, pathologies, phlogopites, phytosterol, pilothouses, tocopherols, toxophilies, typhlosoles. | |
+4 letters: exophthalmos, heliotropism, heteroploids, nephrologist, phlebotomies, phlebotomist, photoflashes, phrenologist, phytosterols, protophloems, psephologist, siphonostele, theosophical, toxophilites. | |
+5 letters: autocephalous, claustrophobe, collectorship, electrophorus, entomophilies, entomophilous, heliotropisms, herpetologies, herpetologist, hypochlorites, luteotrophins, lymphocytoses, lymphomatoses, metallophones, nephrologists, phlebotomists, phosphorylate, photopolymers, phraseologist, phrenologists, poikilotherms, polychotomies, psephologists, pyrocatechols, siphonosteles, thermocouples, thermophilous. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 73 74 48 6F 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110011 01110100 00100000 01001000 01101111 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o s t   H o l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0073 0074 0048 006F 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50818586242817871 |
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