Definitions for rathole

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rathole rat·hole

Spelling: [rat-hohl]

IPA: /ˈrætˌhoʊl/

Rathole is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in rathole (aehlort).

Definitions for rathole

noun

1. a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
2. the burrow or shelter of a rat.
3. any small and uncomfortable room, office, apartment, etc., especially one that is dirty or disordered:

Idioms

1. down the rathole, for a worthless purpose or purposes:

Origin of rathole

First recorded in 1805-15; rat + hole

Examples for rathole

There was nothing to do but turn back to rathole and see if some other way could not be found.

One of the men of rathole came to Jan's side and tried the engines.

The platform was in a warehouse which, like the rest of the structures in rathole, was a half-buried dome.

You will have to take a groundcar to rathole and bring the fellow back.

He knew every rathole of the system, with the same intimacy the rats knew them.

He had seven hours to go and he was still at least 16 kilometers from rathole.