"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, {{m|enm|mowse hole}} mowse 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), 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), 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: 9 64 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 55 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 61 34
  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

Inflected forms

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