sinkhole
pronunciation
How to pronounce sinkhole in British English:
UK [ˈsɪŋkhəʊl]
How to pronounce sinkhole in American English:
US [ˈsɪŋkhoʊl]
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- Noun:
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Word Origin
- sinkhole (n.)
- also sink-hole, mid-15c., "sewage pit," from sink (n.) + hole (n.). As a geological phenomenon, "hole made in the earth in limestone regions by underground erosion," 1780, from sink (v.).
Example
- 1. Giant sinkhole swallows building in guatemala .
- 2. The photo takenfrom a shallow angle appears real as a normal bowl-shaped sinkhole .
- 3. This sinkhole appeared last sunday in a street intersection of ciudad de guatemala .
- 4. The government opts not to pour more money down the nuclear " sinkhole "
- 5. Natural well connecting a sinkhole to an underground swallow hole .