noun
- a hole made by a rat
- a small, cramped, or squalid place
- something that consumes resources wastefully
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
verb
- to hoard or store away
Usage: informal
Examples
- The exterminator found several ratholes behind the kitchen cabinets.
- I can’t believe you’re paying so much rent for that rathole apartment.
- The old building was a real rathole with peeling paint and broken windows.
- This project has become a rathole for our budget.
- He tends to rathole his spare change in various hiding spots.
- She ratholed the important documents in a safe deposit box.