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Sinkhole

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Noun

1. sink, sinkhole, swallow hole

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sinkhole

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noun
1. Also called (esp Brit): swallow hole
a depression in the ground surface, esp in limestone, where a surface stream disappears underground
2. 
a place into which foul matter runs

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Sinkhole

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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sinkhole

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n.
A natural depression formed by the undermining or sudden collapse of the land surface, often as a result of groundwater enlarging cavities in underlying limestone or other easily soluble bedrock.

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