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shakeholes

shakeholes is the plural 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.

Questions about shakeholes

What is shakeholes the plural of?
Shakeholes is the plural of shakehole.

Words near shakeholes in the dictionary

  1. shakedowns
  2. shakefork
  3. shakeforks
  4. shakehand
  5. shakehole
  6. shakeholes
  7. shakemap
  8. shakemaps
  9. shaken
  10. shaken a leg
  11. shaken baby syndrome

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