SINKHOLE

Sinkhole

A sinkhole, also known as a sink-hole, sink, swallow hole, shakehole, swallet or doline, is a natural depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. Some are caused by karst processes—for example, the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks or suffosion processes in sandstone. Others formed as a result of the collapse of old mine workings close to the surface are not natural and therefore not sinkholes.

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sink hole

Noun

  1. A depression in the land formed from the collapse or erosion of the underlying rock or soil.


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sinkhole

Noun

  1. A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage
  2. A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
  3. A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
  4. A DNS 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.


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