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shake hole

shake hole is the alternative form of shakehole.

Meaning of shakehole

Noun

shakehole (plural shakeholes)

  1. (Northern England, UK) 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.

Forms of shake hole

pluralshake holes

Questions about shake hole

What is shake hole the alternative form of?
Shake hole is the alternative form of shakehole.

Words near shake hole in the dictionary

  1. shake and bakes
  2. shake down
  3. shake hands
  4. shake hands with the milkman
  5. shake hands with the unemployed
  6. shake hole
  7. shake in one's boots
  8. shake in one's shoes
  9. shake it
  10. shake it up
  11. shake like a leaf

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