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Meaning of waterhole | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink.
  2. 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.

Equivalents

العربية قليب مشرع ورد
Deutsch Wasserloch
Español aguaje
Suomi vesikuoppa
Gaeilge dabhach
Galego balsa
Македонски водопој поило
Polski wodopój
Русский водопой
Српски Balša
Svenska vattenhål
Türkçe Suvat

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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