a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
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sinkhole::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sink, swallow hole |
| Type of | depression, natural depression |
Examples of sinkhole
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Another sinkhole blamed on tunneling opened in 2009 under a driveway in Kenmore.
From the thenewstribune.com
The county expects to finish the $180,000 job of filling the sinkhole in a week.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The sinkhole destroyed about three-fourths of a block of the roadway, Lupo said.
From the al.com
Testing determined that their house and another was compromised by the sinkhole.
From the independent.co.uk
But it remained unclear Saturday what, if anything, caused the Seffner sinkhole.
From the independent.co.uk
You never know when and where the next sinkhole will open up in Central Florida.
From the orlandosentinel.com
They did not yet know what happened first, the sinkhole or the water main break.
From the suntimes.com
The sinkhole was caused by the collapse of an old railroad tunnel under the road.
From the mcall.com
City planner Jeff Briggs remembers how much of a spectacle the sinkhole became.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- A sinkhole, also known as a cenote, sink, sink-hole, shakehole, swallet, swallow hole, or doline (the different terms for sinkholes are often used interchangeably), is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. Some are caused by karst processesu2014for example, the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks or suffosion processes...
- A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage; A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects; A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it
- (Sinkholes) Holes in areas of karst topography where solution of underlying limestone has led to cave in of surface materials.
- (sinkholes) A large surface crater caused by the collapse of an underground channel or cavern; often triggered by groundwater withdrawal.
- A depression in the landscape where limestone has been dissolved.
- A depression formed when the surface collapses into a cavern.
- A surface depression caused by a collapse of soil or overlying formation above fractured or cavernous bedrock.
- Crater formed when the roof of a cavern collapses; usually found in areas of limestone rock.
