Hole and Maw

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Hole noun - Informal terms for the mouth.

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Maw is a synonym for hole. In some cases you can use "Maw" instead a noun "Hole".

Nearby Words: holed, holey, holer, holing

Maw noun - Informal terms for the mouth.

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Hole is a synonym for maw. Sometimes you can use "Hole" instead a noun "Maw".

full	full hole	full maw
perfect	perfect hole	perfect maw
circular	circular hole	circular maw
massive	massive hole	massive maw
Other adjectives: large, enormous, huge, gigantic, wide, giant, gaping, largest, freaking.

Swallowed Whole: Adverted, after The Croods mistake a Ground Whale's open maw for a cave, and are then expelled through its blow-hole.

Source: Western Animation / The Croods
Kyp surrenders to Han, then they go to the Maw and pitch the Sun Crusher into a black hole where it really can't be retrieved, drawing the Death Star prototype into the same black hole in the process.

Source: Literature / Jedi Academy Trilogy
With the help of the Kilik Race, they created the Maw black hole cluster and Corellia in order to contain "The Mother," aka Aboleth.

Source: Panspermia

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