sinkhole
/ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl/
sinkhole noun: a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
Noun
sinkhole (plural sinkholes)
- A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- A sinkhole suddenly opened up beneath the track of a heavy freight route in the eastern United States. Golfers playing the 13th hole at Hartford, Connecticut, had a new obstacle to tackle: a section of track suspended in mid-air after heavy rainfall in the aftermath of Storm Ida.2021 September 22, “Network News: Sinking feeling on unlucky 13th”, in RAIL, number 940, page 18
- Several people had to be rescued after two vehicles fell into this sinkhole in Chatsworth on January 10.2023 January 16, “California’s flooding, in pictures”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023
- A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
- A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
- Pro Pinball is as authentic as pinball has ever been on the PC. It's all here, from the ramps, bumpers and sinkholes to the satisfying "clack" when you make the high-score list.1997, Windows magazine, volume 8, numbers 1-3
- A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
- An attack which redirects requests, whether network or memory accesses, to a new location defined by the attacker.
Verb
sinkhole (third-person singular simple present sinkholes, present participle sinkholing, simple past and past participle sinkholed)
- To configure as a sinkhole (domain name server that gives non-routeable addresses).
sinkhole meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Arabic and Thai
sinkhole in Urdu
- گڑھا
sinkhole in Bengali
- সিংখোল, ভূগর্ভস্থ গহ্বর
sinkhole in Arabic
- geology: hole formed in soluble rock
- بَالُوعَة bālūʕa, بَلَّاعَة ballāʕa, بَلُّوعَة ballūʕa
- depressed area in which water collects
- بَالُوعَة bālūʕa, بَلَّاعَة ballāʕa
sinkhole in Thai
- geology: hole formed in soluble rock
- หลุมยุบ lǔm-yúp
More languagesFewer languages
- sinkhole in Vietnamese
- hố sụt
Synonyms of sinkhole
Forms of sinkhole
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sinkholes |
| alternative form | sink hole |
| alternative form | sink-hole |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sinkholes |
| present participle | sinkholing |
| past participle | sinkholed |
| past | sinkholed |
Origin of sinkhole
From Middle English sinkehole, sinkeholl, equivalent to sink + hole.
Questions about sinkhole
- What does sinkhole mean?
- Sinkhole means a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- What is sinkhole in Urdu?
- Sinkhole in Urdu is گڑھا. See Sinkhole meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is sinkhole?
- Sinkhole can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sinkhole?
- Sinkhole is pronounced /ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl/ (US).
- What is the plural of sinkhole?
- The plural of sinkhole is sinkholes.
Words near sinkhole in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sinkhole (page history and authors); sinkhole (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sinkhole (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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