Home › Words › U › underholeunderholeunderhole means to cut away or mine out the lower portion of a coal seam or a part of the underlay so as to win or get the overlying coal.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, underhole ranks #16,749 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom under- + hole.verbTo cut away or mine out the lower portion of a coal seam or a part of the underlay so as to win or get the overlying coal.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.holing 79% match — undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass. vs underhole →doghole 62% match — A place regarded as fit only for dogs: a horrid, mean habitation. vs underhole →blasthole 61% match — The hole created by an explosion, for example, in mining. vs underhole →jadding 61% match — Holing or undercutting (something, such as a bed of coal, or stone). vs underhole →corehole 61% match — The hole drilled to retrieve a core sample. vs underhole →jud 60% match — A mass of coal holed or undercut so as to be thrown down by wedges. vs underhole →undercutting 60% match — An undercut; a cut in the lower part. vs underhole →undercut 60% match — A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed. vs underhole →