pothole
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| —n | |
| 1. | geography |
| a. See also sinkhole a deep hole in limestone areas resulting from action by running water | |
| b. a circular hole in the bed of a river produced by abrasion | |
| 2. | a deep hole, esp one produced in a road surface by wear or weathering |
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Word Origin & History
pothole
also pot-hole, 1826, originally a geological feature in glaciers and gravel beds, from M.E. pot in sense of "a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging" (late 14c., sense now generally obsolete, but preserved in Scotland and northern England dialect); perhaps ultimately related to
pot (1) on notion of "deep, cylindrical shape." Applied to holes in a road from 1909.
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Example sentences
One driver reported the axle snapped after hitting a pothole.
To survive in a pothole, organisms must endure extreme fluctuations in several environmental factors.
The emulsion and aggregate are mixed in the nozzle and pressure blown into the pothole itself.
Whenever a pothole emerges, it is seen as an opportunity to create a garden.
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