"mousehole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mouseholes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English mosse hole, mowse hole; equivalent to mouse + hole. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mosse hole}} Middle English mosse hole, {{compound|en|mouse|hole}} mouse + hole Head templates: {{en-noun}} mousehole (plural mouseholes)
  1. A hole through which a mouse enters a room. Translations (hole through which a mouse enters a room): 鼠穴 (syu² jyut⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 鼠穴 (shǔxué) (Chinese Mandarin), hiirenkolo (Finnish), trou de souris [masculine] (French), Mauseloch [neuter] (German), Mäuseloch [neuter] (German), músarhola [feminine] (Icelandic), ábhach luiche [masculine] (Irish), 鼠穴 (nezumiana) (alt: ねずみあな) (Japanese), ネズミ穴 (nezumiana) (Japanese), 쥐구멍 (jwigumeong) (Korean), глу́вчарник (glúvčarnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), mysia nora [feminine] (Polish), мыши́ная но́рка (myšínaja nórka) [feminine] (Russian), мыши́ная нора́ (myšínaja norá) [feminine] (Russian), ratonera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mousehole-en-noun-ZkSEkyMG Disambiguation of 'hole through which a mouse enters a room': 96 3 1
  2. Any small hole or opening. Categories (topical): Animal dwellings
    Sense id: en-mousehole-en-noun-DzQObkhD Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 6 72 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 54 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 61 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 58 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 69 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 9 67 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 67 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 68 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 67 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 9 67 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 64 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 69 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 67 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 69 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 64 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 65 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 69 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 74 19
  3. (oil industry, drilling) The storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed. Categories (topical): Oil industry
    Sense id: en-mousehole-en-noun-Y5qXFs9K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mouse-hole

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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