mousehole

mouse·hole

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [mous-hohl]
- /ˈmaʊsˌhoʊl/
- /ˈmaʊsˌhol/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mous-hohl]
- /ˈmaʊsˌhoʊl/

Definitions of mousehole word

noun mousehole the burrow of a mouse. 1
noun mousehole the entrance to a mouse's burrow. 1
noun mousehole a small hole resembling this. 1

See all 3 definitions of mousehole

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Origin of mousehole

First appearance:

before 1425

One of the 25% oldest English words

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at mouse, hole

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Parts of speech for Mousehole

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Mousehole

mousehole popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

mousehole usage trend in Literature

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