Hole and Trench

Hole

Hole noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.

Usage example: dig a hole big enough to plant the tree

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Trench and hole are semantically related. in pit topic. In some cases you can use "Trench" instead a noun "Hole".

Nearby Words: holed, holey, holer, holing

Trench noun - A long narrow channel dug in the earth.

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Hole and trench are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hole" instead a noun "Trench".

Nearby Words: trenchant, trenched, trencher, trenching

full	full hole	full trench
long	long hole	long trench
particular	particular hole	particular trench
circular	circular hole	circular trench
Other adjectives: single, deep, massive, big, great, black, last, wide, nearby, giant, nearest, deepest.

A continuous string of marbles (a "rollout") is pushed down a meandering trench; at the end of the trench is a skull-shaped opening, and if even one marble falls in the hole, the player loses a life.

Source: Video Game / Zuma
In the 1959 film The Hanging Tree, a trio of amateur prospectors discover a huge deposit of gold beneath a tree stump, a sort of shallow mineral-rich trench or pit known as a...glory hole.

Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Film
In Commando, falling into any hole in the ground, whether it be knee-deep water (which the enemies can stand in), or a waist deep trench, results in death.

Source: Bottomless Pits

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