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sinkhole Definition

sink·hole (siŋk′hōl′)

noun

  1. cesspool
  2. ☆ a saucer-shaped surface depression produced when underlying material, such as limestone or salt, dissolves or when caves, mines, etc. collapse

sinkhole Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: Sometimes the water enters the ground through huge holes called sinkholes.
  • form: These are sinkholes formed by cave-ins over the underground rivers common in the region.

Adjective modifier

  • large: Gordon Warrick at one of the larger sinkholes, Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
  • huge: Day 6: We'll start the morning with a stroll around the huge sinkhole above another cave at Skocjan.

Noun used with modifier

  • limestone: Colonies of swiftlets are also known to roost in at least three limestone sinkholes.
sinkhole Quotes

We Americans have always considered Hollywood, at best, a sinkholeofdepraved venality. And,ofcourse, it is. It is not a Protective Monastery of AestheticTruth.

—Mamet, David Alan

Browse dictionary entries near sinkhole

  1. ‹ sinker
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  6. ‹ sinistrous
  7. ‹ sinistrorse
  8. ‹ sinistrodextral
  9. ‹ sinistro-
  10. ‹ sinistral
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