KNOTHOLE

knothole

(noun) a hole in a board where a knot came out

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

knothole (plural knotholes)

In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.

(Cincinnati, sports, attributive) Youth league baseball.

Hypernyms

• (youth league baseball): peewee

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

15 December 2024

DIALECT

(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”; “he has a strong German accent”; “it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy”


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