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A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink..
From habit the sheep would head for the river, but, though it was early spring, the winter had been droughty, and the river was only a string of dangerous water-holes.
Use waterhole when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Waterhole means A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink..
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From habit the sheep would head for the river, but, though it was early spring, the winter had been droughty, and the river was only a string of dangerous water-holes.
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