HyperDic: sinkhole

English > 1 sense of the word sinkhole:
NOUNobjectsinkhole, sink, swallow holea depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
sinkhole > pronunciation
Soundssih'ngkhhow.l
Rhymesamphibole ... whole: 76 rhymes with owl...
English > sinkhole: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningA depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof.
Synonymssink, swallow hole
Broadernatural depression, depressionA sunken or depressed geological formation
Spanishcenote, dolina
Catalanbòfia, dolina

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