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

19 January 2025

ELOQUENCE

(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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