💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pesthole"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pesthousenoun | An establishment which provides shelter and/or care to sufferers of pestilence or other contagious infections |
| sinkholenoun | (geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage. |
| holenoun | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. |
| nestholenoun | A hole, either naturally occurring or excavated, in a tree, rockface, termite mound, etc., which is used as a nest. |
| spider holenoun | (military) A small, usually camouflaged hole dug in the ground where someone can hide. |
| cesspoolnoun | An underground pit where sewage is held. |
| preventoriumnoun | (historical) An institution or building for the isolation of patients infected with tuberculosis who did not yet have an active form of the disease. |
| earthholenoun | A hole or cavern in the earth; a cave. |
| glory holenoun | (sexuality, slang) A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person. |
| hotbednoun | (by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable. |
| blue holenoun | A submarine cave or sinkhole, a roughly circular, steep-walled depression that is typically anoxic below a certain depth. |
| well | (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily. |
| gully-holenoun | A manhole providing access to a drain. |
| rabbit holenoun | (usually with an article) A bizarre world, where everyday rules do not apply. |
| dogholenoun | (idiomatic, derogatory) A place regarded as fit only for dogs: a horrid, mean habitation. |
| priest's holenoun | Alternative form of priest hole. [(UK) A secret compartment in a large house, used as a hiding place for priests during the times when Catholicism was forbidden.] |
| foxholenoun | (military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire. |
| hiding placenoun | A place where someone or something may be hidden. |
| coal holenoun | A cellar or other compartment for storing coal. |
| purging placenoun | A place where purging occurs, particularly: |
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