Meaning

7 senses
  1. A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion, weather or traffic.

    Schlagloch

    вы́боинаvýboina, ры́твинаrýtvina, уха́бuxáb

    вибо́їнаvybójina, я́маjáma

    a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)

  2. A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.

  3. A vertical cave system, often found in limestone.

  4. A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure-hunters or vandals.

  5. (Australia)A shallow hole dug for the purpose of prospecting for opal or gold.

  6. (slang)A hyperlink with text displayed on a page that is different from the title of the page to which the text links; a piped link.

  7. A hole or recess on the top of a stove into which a pot may be placed.

Examples

40 sentences
  1. Tom swerved to avoid the pothole.

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  2. Many of our roads have potholes.

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  3. Watch out for potholes while driving.

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  4. Do you have a problem with potholes around here?

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  5. This highway has lots of potholes.

    На цій автостраді багато ям.

    ruНа этом шоссе много выбоин.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a hole in a road:
Русский
By meaning 1
a hole in a road:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a hole in a road:

Origin

From dialectal pot (“pit, hollow, cavity”) + hole. The "cave" senses, attested since at le

From dialectal pot (“pit, hollow, cavity”) + hole. The "cave" senses, attested since at least 1809 (as pot-hole), may be from Middle English pot, potte (“a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging”), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to English pit, pote, or pot. Compare Scots pott, patt (“a pit dug in the ground; coalpit”).

From pot + hole. Attested since at least 1811 (also as pot-hole), possibly continuing Middle English *pothol (attested in the plural, potholys).

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Forms

plural: potholes
Singularpothole
Pluralpotholes

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
large pit in the bed of a stream:giant kettle
Close in meaning
  • a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface):chuckhole

Word family

6 related words

See also

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