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Noun
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- A hole in a road�s surface, especially one caused by erosion or traffic use.
- A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
#*Pothole - A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was first a natural depression of the rock. Webster 1913
#*The earliest ideas on the creation of potholes are that they were associated with "moulins de glacier" (glacier mills) formed where surface streams on glaciers and ice sheets fall into holes in the ice. Water entering these surficial holes was believed to impact on the bedrock beneath creating a large pothole. The "Moulin Hypothesis", first suggested in 1874, continued to be accepted by many authors until the 1950s. However, commencing in the 1930s, other authors have suggested dissatisfaction with the moulin hypothesis, largely on the grounds that it failed to explain how ice could remain stable long enough for the "giant" potholes to form and why many potholes (like those at Rockwood) were present in large numbers. Grand River Conservation Authority (Canada) Newsletter of May-June 2002.
- geology A vertical cave system, often found in limestone
Synonyms
large pit in the bed of a stream
giant kettle
Translations
trans-top|a hole in a road
Finnish: t-|fi|kuoppa
German: t-|de|Schlagloch|n
Irish: t-|ga|poll|m|xs=Irish
trans-mid
Russian: в�боина (výboina) f, ���вина (rýtvina) f
Spanish: t-|es|bache|m
trans-bottom
trans-top|pit in the bed of a stream
Finnish: t-|fi|hiidenkirnu
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Derived terms
potholing
See also
sinkhole
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