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PESTHOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pesthole mean?
• PESTHOLE (noun)
The noun PESTHOLE has 1 sense:
1. a breeding ground for epidemic disease
Familiarity information: PESTHOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A breeding ground for epidemic disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("pesthole" is a kind of...):
breeding ground (a place where animals breed)
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