earthhole
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English eorthehole; equivalent to earth + hole. Akin to Scots ert hyle (“earthhole, pit”).
Noun[edit]
earthhole (plural earthholes)
- A hole or cavern in the earth; a cave.
- 1997, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Death:
- And because she lived — like hundreds of other families — in an earthhole — since all the houses were destroyed — she had nothing to give me.