Synonyms for sinkhole


Grammar : Noun
Spell : singk-hohl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl

Top 10 synonyms for sinkhole Other synonyms for the word sinkhole

Définition of sinkhole

Origin :
  • also sink-hole, mid-15c., "sewage pit," from sink (n.) + hole (n.). As a geological phenomenon, "hole made in the earth in limestone regions by underground erosion," 1780, from sink (v.).
  • noun depression
Example sentences :
  • Go down to Sinkhole yourself, if you're so anxious about that camp.
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • Yes, sir, he was glad of the chance to stay at Sinkhole for awhile.
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • What yuh done to 'im that he's sendin' yuh off down to Sinkhole?
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • I want you to catch up a couple of horses and go on down to Sinkhole.
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • And Tomaso should have had no occasion whatever to be riding to Sinkhole.
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • Of course you want me to tell dad you have a—a guest at Sinkhole camp?
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • What's the use of Bill going off to Sinkhole unless he listens to me first?
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • They were gliding down an invisible incline, and it was a long way to Sinkhole.
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • Mr. Arnold attempted to dig a well in a depression, a sinkhole, in the prairie.
  • Extract from : « Fifty Years In The Northwest » by William Henry Carman Folsom
  • The East Side, where the home struggled against such heavy odds, became a sinkhole of undreamt-of corruption.
  • Extract from : « The Battle with the Slum » by Jacob A. Riis.

Antonyms for sinkhole

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