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posthole

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted ehloopstStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post

Word origin

From post + hole.

Used in a sentence

  • Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture.
  • Diane and I held our breaths. Good, she was still upright. She slowly moved her weight forward, and picked up her back foot. We exhaled, and she promptly postholed.
  • The chances of postholing can be minimized by landing with your whole foot at once as well as by wearing shoes with larger outsole surface area to increase flotation marginally.

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