OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 33880

sinkhole

/ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cenote • dolina • torca
A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
A sinkhole suddenly opened up beneath the track of a heavy freight route in the eastern United States. Golfers playing the 13th hole at Hartford, Connecticut, had a new obstacle to…
desagüe
A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
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