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n. (plural of water hole English)
Usage examples of "water holes".
He had been on the plains in summer and seen how quickly the water holes dried up.
Far to the south, thunderclouds rumbled--the rain might soon fill the many little declivities that dotted the llano, turning them into temporary water holes.
The lake country was not as parched as the plains of Perquaine and Treborea had been, and the population there had not been forced to huddle around slowly diminishing water holes or along riverbanks.
His uncle had forced them to dig the water holes and fill bags for the camele, which were let out on hobbles to graze.
And when the seeps and water holes ice over in the winter, too thickly for us to break through, we fight each other for the water, to the death.
And in future, if we come across any other water holes, I think we'll drop a grenade down it first, and check the quality of the water afterwards.