pothole
pronunciation
How to pronounce pothole in British English:
UK [ˈpɒthəʊl]
How to pronounce pothole in American English:
US [ˈpɑthoʊl]
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- Noun:
- a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
Word Origin
- pothole (n.)
- also pot-hole, 1826, originally a geological feature in glaciers and gravel beds, from Middle English pot "a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging" (late 14c.), now generally obsolete, but preserved in Scotland and northern England dialect; perhaps ultimately related to pot (n.1) on notion of "deep, cylindrical shape." Applied to a hole in a road from 1909.
Example
- 1. Has volkswagen hit a pothole on the road to world domination ?
- 2. Cameras under the car can detect a pothole or pavement imperfection and adjust the suspension to encounter the bump .
- 3. Marco decided to fill in the pothole outside his home himself .
- 4. I was driving and hit a pothole .
- 5. Pothole protection ensures maximum safety .