English Explanatory Dictionary

shakehole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A steep-sided, often conical, depression caused by slumping of ground into a cavity beneath. Shakeholes may or may not contain a cave entrance and/or a stream sink.

Word forms

shakehole shakeholes

Etymology

From shake + hole.

Synonyms

sinkhole swallow hole swallet
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