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- noun UK A
sinkhole ; Ashakehole
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- noun a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
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hernesheir commented on the word swallow hole
cf. swallet, ponor
January 15, 2009