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Grube — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  • mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
  • pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.
  • sump noun A pit or low point where liquid collects and drains away.

Senses

Grube is used for these senses in English:

  • hole (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
  • mine An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
  • pit (countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
  • pit Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
  • sump A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.

hole — full definition

  1. noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or gap in an argument, plan, or system.
  3. noun In golf, one of the numbered targets a player aims the ball into, or a full round segment of the course leading to it.

mine — full definition

  1. pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
  2. det My — an older or more formal possessive form used before a vowel sound or in set phrases.
  3. noun An underground excavation dug to extract ore, coal, or other minerals.
  4. noun An explosive device buried in the ground or hidden in water, designed to detonate when disturbed.
  5. noun A computer or network of computers used to generate new units of a cryptocurrency.

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