sinkhole
sinkhole
Definition
sink·hole (siŋk′hōl′)
noun
- cesspool
- ☆ 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.
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