How to pronounce “glory hole”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (sexuality, slang) A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
• (glassblowing) A hole in the side of a furnace used to heat glass held on a metal rod.
• (mining) A hole in a mineshaft where an orebody is mined upwards until it breaks through the surface into the open air.
• (mining) An excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.
• (military, slang) A military trench.
• (nautical) In the merchant and Royal Navy:
• A bell-mouth spillway; a spillway (a structure in the reservoir above a dam that allows overflowing water to be released in a controlled fashion) that is shaped like an upside-down bell, thereby giving the appearance of a hole in the surface of the water.
• (Canada, fishing) An especially good place to fish, a particularly rich fishing spot.
• (Scotland and Northern England) A deep built-in cupboard under the eaves or stairs of a house used for general storage, particularly of unrelated or unwanted items stored in some disorder.
• [Verb]
• Alternative spelling of gloryhole.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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