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HAWSEHOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hawsehole mean? 

HAWSEHOLE (noun)
  The noun HAWSEHOLE has 1 sense:

1. the hole that an anchor rope passes throughplay

  Familiarity information: HAWSEHOLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HAWSEHOLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The hole that an anchor rope passes through

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hawse; hawsehole; hawsepipe

Hypernyms ("hawsehole" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)


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