drain drainage | emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it |
drain | a gradual depletion of energy or resources, a drain on resources, a drain of young talent by emigration |
brain drain | depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel |
air hole | a hole that allows the passage of air |
Black Hole of Calcutta | a dungeon ( feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula, the next morning only were still alive |
bore bore-hole drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
buttonhole button hole | a hole through which buttons are pushed |
drain drainpipe waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
drain | tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material |
drain basket | a filter in a sink drain, traps debris but passes water |
ear hole | a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears |
finger hole | a hole for inserting a finger |
finger hole | one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument, pitch changes when a finger covers it |
foxhole fox hole | a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire |
funk hole | dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk) |
glory hole lazaretto | a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship |
hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something |
hole golf hole | one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course, he played holes |
hole card | (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown |
lubber's hole | hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds |
mouth hole | a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth |
nail hole | a hole left after a nail is removed |
posthole post hole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post |
posthole digger post-hole digger | a shovel used to sink postholes |
shot hole | drill hole for a charge of an explosive |
smoke hole | a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape |
sound hole | a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones |
trap-and-drain auger | a plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain |
vent venthole vent-hole blowhole | a hole for the escape of gas or air |
trap cakehole hole maw yap gob | informal terms for the mouth |
toad-in-the-hole | sausage baked in batter |
hole-in-the-wall | a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place, his office was a hole-in-the-wall |
watering place watering hole spa | a health resort near a spring or at the seaside |
black hole | a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star, extremely high gravitational field |
bolt-hole | a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den |
bullet hole | a hole made by a bullet passing through it |
gopher hole | a hole in the ground made by gophers |
hole | an opening into or through something |
hole hollow | a depression hollowed out of solid matter |
kettle hole kettle | (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits |
ozone hole | an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone |
rabbit burrow rabbit hole | a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits |
sinkhole sink swallow hole | a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof |
swimming hole | a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming |
water hole | a natural hole or hollow containing water |
air pocket pocket air hole | a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly |
hole card | any assets that are concealed until they can be used advantageously |
hole | an unoccupied space |
fix hole jam mess muddle pickle kettle of fish | informal terms for a difficult situation, he got into a terrible fix, he made a muddle of his marriage |
hole | a fault, he shot holes in my argument |