pot hole

Noun

pothole (plural potholes)

1. A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion, weather or traffic.
   • I was so tired that potholes, fumes and noise aside, I slept regardless, my head rag-dolling from side to side.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 86
2. A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
   • The earliest ideas on the creation of potholes are that they were associated with "moulins de glacier" (glacier mills) formed where surface streams on glaciers and ice sheets fall into holes in the ice. Water entering these surficial holes was believed to impact on the bedrock beneath creating a...2002, May-June, Grand River Conservation Authority (Canada) Newsletter

   Synonyms:

   giant kettle

3. A vertical cave system, often found in limestone.
4. A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure-hunters or vandals.
5. (Australia) A shallow hole dug for the purpose of prospecting for opal or gold.
6. (slang) A hyperlink with text displayed on a page that is different from the title of the page to which the text links; a piped link.

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