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    SINKHOLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roofplay

    Synonyms:

    sink; sinkhole; swallow hole

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("sinkhole" is a kind of...):

    depression; natural depression (a sunken or depressed geological formation)

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