rathole
(noun) a small dirty uncomfortable room
rathole
(noun) a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rathole (plural ratholes)
An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
A living area used by mice or rats.
A particularly squalid human residence.
An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
(printing) A pigeonhole.
rathole (third-person singular simple present ratholes, present participle ratholing, simple past and past participle ratholed)
(transitive) to hoard.
(transitive) to take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
(transitive) to surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
(intransitive) (of material) to empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
• (to hoard): amound, intreasure; see also amass
• loather
Source: Wiktionary
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
