rathole
/R AE1 T HH OW0 L/noun
- 1
An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
- 2
A living area used by mice or rats.
- 3
A particularly squalid human residence.
- 4
An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
- 5
A pigeonhole.
verb
- 1
To hoard.
- 2
To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
- 3
To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
- 4
(of material) to empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
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