Air hole
() A hole to admit or discharge air |
Air hole
() A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air |
Black hole
() A dungeon or dark cell in a prison |
-blast
() A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation |
Blast
(n.) A violent gust of wind. |
Blast
(n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace |
Blast
(n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire |
Blast
(n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument |
Blast
(n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants |
Blast
(n.) The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc. |
Blast
(n.) A flatulent disease of sheep. |
Blast
(v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind |
Blast
(v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail |
Blast
(v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din. |
Blast
(v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc. |
Blast
(v. i.) To be blighted or withered |
Blast
(v. i.) To blow |
Blast pipe
() The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast. |
Cat-hole
(n.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed. |
Hand-hole
(n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc. |
Hole
(a.) Whole. |
Hole
(n.) A hollow place or cavity |
Hole
(n.) An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal |
Hole
(n.) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in |
Hole
(n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball. |
Hole
(v. i.) To go or get into a hole. |
Hot blast
() See under Blast. |
Peeping hole
() See Peephole. |
Pit-hole
(n.) A pit |
Sight-hole
(n.) A hole for looking through |
Teaze-hole
(n.) The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced. |
Whirl-blast
(n.) A whirling blast or wind. |
| blast | a very long fly ball |
solo homer
solo blast | a home run with no runners on base |
| 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 |
| blast furnace | a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores, combustion is intensified by a blast of air |
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
fire
attack
flak
flack
blast | intense adverse criticism, Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party, the government has come under attack, don't give me any flak |
good time
blast | a highly pleasurable or exciting experience, we had a good time at the party, celebrating after the game was a blast |
shock wave
blast wave | a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity, the explosion created a shock wave |
bang
clap
eruption blast bam | a sudden very loud noise |
| blast | an explosion (as of dynamite) |
| bomb blast | the explosion of a bomb |
backblast
back-blast | backfire from a recoilless weapon |
| 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 |
gust
blast
blow | a strong current of air, the tree was bent almost double by the gust |