Collocations withhole

These are words often used in combination withhole.

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circular hole
At the beginning of a trial, an experimenter put the disc in the circular hole and encouraged the subject to take it off.
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dark hole
Sadly, that is done through the usual channels—that dark hole that many people refer to from time to time.
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deep hole
By compacting the upper snow layers and using a deep hole for the charges he obtained good results.
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digging holes
It is to charge the utilities responsible for digging holes in the road for the value of the time wasted by drivers as a consequence.
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drain hole
He wakes them up by pulling the plug out of a drain hole in the boat.
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drainage hole
Make sure that it has a drainage hole.
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drilled hole
In the absence of shocks, the resolidification along the wall of the drilled hole will be in the form of thin layers.
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drilling hole
The gas eruption is eventually stopped by a cement injection from a new drilling hole.
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dry hole
He hoped rather tentatively that it would not be a dry hole.
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entrance hole
These empty chambers had no entrance holes or entrance-hole scars, nor d id they contain a ny evidence of insect feeding or habitation.
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exit hole
Presence of an insect larva, pupa, adult, or exit hole on a samara was used as evidence of bruchid beetle infestation.
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final hole
He holed a five-foot putt on the final hole for his 18th consecutive par.
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fishing hole
Pingo jumps into the fishing hole first and after a short interval jumps back out.
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gaping hole
This may be hard to contest but the real problem here is the gaping hole in the data on community health services.
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huge hole
In short, it is a total disaster, a huge hole blown in the delicate web of that area's economy.
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massive hole
This contribution to floor has knocked a massive hole in the budgets of both councils.
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mounting hole
The drive is approximately the same size as a standard full-height 5 inch floppy drive, but does not use the standard mounting hole locations.
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pilot hole
That pilot hole gave good results, and production holes of 508 mm diameter were then constructed by the company.
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plot hole
The ending of this saga is also the first time that an important plot hole is introduced.
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rabbit hole
Rather than honing and polishing a good musical idea, he wanted to follow the dreaming muse of his genius down every rabbit hole.
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rat hole
Preisler is an industrial chemist working in an electroplating factory he calls the rat hole.
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rectangular hole
Assume that the sides of the rectangular hole are large, corresponding to the number of colours.
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round hole
In the centre of the downwind screen was a round hole circumscribed by a mounting ring to hold a releasing cage.
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small hole
This can be accomplished only by choosing relatively small hole densities near the wellbore ends.
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smoke hole
It was normally circular and below ground, in contrast to the dwellings above, accessed by ladder through a smoke hole (often set within a dancing ground), and used by men.
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square hole
And the patients don't always fit into, like a round peg into a square hole.
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swimming hole
The remains of its concrete abutment can still be seen on the east bank above the swimming hole.
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tiny hole
Such a suggestion, if carried out, would, therefore, only stop up one tiny hole in a great sieve.
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vent hole
The upper part of the cell is open to a vent hole.
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