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noun
A hole, very deep but only a few inches wide, which is used to drop explosives beneath the Earth's surface to ease petroleum extraction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: drilling
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From shot + hole.
