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waterhole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

* water + hole. * (astronomy): Coined by Bernard Oliver in 1971, in allusion to the idea that this part of the spectrum would be that used by extraterrestrial intelligence to communicate.

Meanings

1. A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink.
   • From habit the sheep would head for the river, but, though it was early spring, the winter had been droughty, and the river was only a string of dangerous water-holes. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 268:
2. (informal) A watering hole; a place where people meet to drink and talk.
3. A part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between the regions where hydrogen and hydroxyl radiate, that is relatively quiet in terms of radio astronomy.

Forms

Deriveds

Freemans Waterhole

Translations (28)

gl balsa (depression in which water collects) · ar مَشْرَع (depression in which water collects) · ar وِرْد (depression in which water collects) · es aguaje (depression in which water collects) · mi pūkanohi (depression in which water collects) · wyi baañ-baañ (depression in which water collects) · ru водопой (depression in which water collects) · de Wasserloch (depression in which water collects) · bg гьол (depression in which water collects) · pdt Wotaloch (depression in which water collects) · ota قلیب (depression in which water collects) · tr suvat (depression in which water collects) · fi vesikuoppa (part of the electromagnetic spectrum) · de Wasserstelle (depression in which water collects) · sv vattenhål (depression in which water collects) · ga dabhach (depression in which water collects) · fi vesikuoppa (depression in which water collects) · alt сугат (depression in which water collects) · fr fenêtre de l’eau (part of the electromagnetic spectrum) · mk во́допој (depression in which water collects) · pl wodopój (depression in which water collects) · fr abreuvoir (depression in which water collects) · wyi tam-boore (depression in which water collects) · mi ruapuna (depression in which water collects) · mk по́ило (depression in which water collects) · gdj rdool (depression in which water collects) · fr point d’eau (part of the electromagnetic spectrum) · fr trou d’eau (part of the electromagnetic spectrum)