RATHOLE

rathole

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.

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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