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pothole
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pothole has 1 sense
- pothole(n = noun.object) chuckhole - a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface); Array is a kind of hole, hollow
CIDE DICTIONARY
pothole, n.
A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pothole, n. & v.
--n.
1 Geol. a deep hole or system of caves and underground river-beds formed by the erosion of rock esp. by the action of water.
2 a deep hole in the ground or a river-bed.
3 a hole in a road surface caused by wear or subsidence.
--v.intr. Brit. explore potholes.
--n.
1 Geol. a deep hole or system of caves and underground river-beds formed by the erosion of rock esp. by the action of water.
2 a deep hole in the ground or a river-bed.
3 a hole in a road surface caused by wear or subsidence.
--v.intr. Brit. explore potholes.
Derivative
potholer n. potholing n.
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