sinkhole

Speech parts

1. sinkhole - Noun

2. sinkhole - Verb

Meaning

a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sink swallow hole bay Pitt basin bowl SAG depression dent mire decline hole cavity hollow sinking
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Antonyms

mount mountain increase appear headland develop
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Hypernyms

depression natural depression

Phrases with the word

money sinkhole volcanic sinkhole

Examples

A karst fenster occurs when an underground stream emerges onto the surface between layers of rock, cascades some distance, and then disappears back down, often into a sinkhole. Source: Internet

A sinkhole located in the median of Interstate 81 southbound in Rockbridge County at mile marker 203.5 will be repaired on Wednesday beginning at 8 p.m. Source: Internet

A sinkhole opened on the A26 Tonbridge Road, outside the Taj Barming restaurant in 2018. Source: Internet

But the idea was being revisited at the close of the decade; Horizons had lost its corporate sponsorship and a large sinkhole had been detected underneath its massive show building. Source: Internet

Piping pseudokarst The 2010 sinkhole in Zona 2 In February 2007, a very large, deep circular hole with vertical walls opened in northeastern Guatemala City (coord39), killing five people. Source: Internet

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sinkerless Sinkfield sinkful Sinkiang Sinkiang-Tibet Time Zone Sinkie