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cradle hole

cradle hole noun: a sunken part in a road, caused by thawing, or by vehicles traveling over a soft spot.

Noun

cradle hole (plural cradle holes)

  1. A sunken part in a road, caused by thawing, or by vehicles traveling over a soft spot.
    • Bang, bang! went the first sleigh over a cradle hole in the snow of the road, and each of the other sleighs jolted in the same way, and rudely breaking the frost bound stillness, the troykas began to speed along the road, one after the other.1952, Leo Tolstoy, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, War and Peace, Book 7 Chapter 10

Forms of cradle hole

pluralcradle holes

Questions about cradle hole

What does cradle hole mean?
Cradle hole means a sunken part in a road, caused by thawing, or by vehicles traveling over a soft spot.
What part of speech is cradle hole?
Cradle hole is a noun.
What is the plural of cradle hole?
The plural of cradle hole is cradle holes.

Words near cradle hole in the dictionary

  1. cradle caps
  2. Cradle Catholic
  3. Cradle Catholics
  4. cradle crust
  5. cradle crusts
  6. cradle hole
  7. cradle holes
  8. Cradle Mountain
  9. cradle of civilization
  10. Cradle of Humankind
  11. cradle robber

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