snake hole

[′snāk ‚hōl]

(engineering)

A blasting hole bored directly under a boulder.

A drill hole used in quarrying or bench blasting.

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Before the other birds could catch him, the little bird quickly flew into a deserted snake hole and stayed hidden.

Finally he found the tortoise near a large snake hole. "Now that Ive found you, I will kill you!" said the monkey.

Sinkholes 6 also known as a snake hole or swallow hole 6 have been known to reach between one meter and 2,000 feet in diameter, as well as depth.

An insider said: "There's a snake hole a few metres away from the jail.

Mommy: And they lived in their snake holes, Every morning, Nathan would slither through the grass over to Ben's snake hole to wake him up.