Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK)A sinkhole; a shakehole.

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

Forms

plural: swallow holes
Singularswallow hole
Pluralswallow holes

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof:sinkholesink

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