hole in the ground (noun)

  • 61Barbecue — This article is about the cuisine. For the cooking appliance, see Barbecue grill. For other uses, see Barbecue (disambiguation). A barbecue at a street fair in New York City s East Village known as Ternera a la Llanera from the Colombian… …

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  • 62earth — [[t]ɜ͟ː(r)θ[/t]] ♦♦ earths 1) N PROPER: oft the N Earth or the Earth is the planet on which we live. People usually say Earth when they are referring to the planet as part of the universe, and the Earth when they are talking about the planet as… …

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  • 63Cra|ter — 1 «KRAY tuhr», noun, verb. –noun. 1. an opening at the top of a volcano, shaped like a bowl. 2. a hole in the ground shaped like a bowl: » The battlefield was full of craters made by exploding shells. The meteor crashed to earth, forming a huge… …

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  • 64crat|er — cra|ter 1 «KRAY tuhr», noun, verb. –noun. 1. an opening at the top of a volcano, shaped like a bowl. 2. a hole in the ground shaped like a bowl: » The battlefield was full of craters made by exploding shells. The meteor crashed to earth, forming… …

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  • 65sink — 1 past tense sank, or sunk verb 1 IN WATER a) (I) to go down below the surface of water, mud etc: The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. | If you put it in water, will it float or sink? | The heavy guns sank up to their barrels in the mud. b) …

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  • 66grave — grave1 [ greıv ] noun count ** 1. ) the place where a dead body is buried in a deep hole in the ground. A tomb is a structure above the ground that contains a dead body: He s never even visited his mother s grave. 2. ) the grave LITERARY death:… …

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  • 67grave — I UK [ɡreɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms grave : singular grave plural graves ** 1) the place where a dead body is buried in a deep hole in the ground. A tomb is a structure above the ground that contains a dead body He s never even visited… …

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  • 68crater — cra|ter [ kreıtər ] noun count 1. ) the round hole at the top of a VOLCANO 2. ) a large round hole in the ground caused by an explosion: a bomb crater a ) a large round hole on the surface of a planet caused by a METEORITE hitting the surface …

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  • 69earth — earth1 [ ɜrθ ] noun *** 1. ) Earth or earth singular or uncount the planet on which we live: the planet Earth the Earth: The Moon goes around the Earth. the Earth s surface on Earth: They studied life on Earth in all its forms. a ) on/from the… …

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  • 70crater — I UK [ˈkreɪtə(r)] / US [ˈkreɪtər] verb [intransitive] Word forms crater : present tense I/you/we/they crater he/she/it craters present participle cratering past tense cratered past participle cratered mainly American Cultural note: to suddenly… …

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