Definition of sink hole. Meaning of sink hole. Synonyms of sink hole

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Definition of sink hole

Sink hole
Sink Sink, n. 1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. 2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen. 3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.] Sink hole. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
sink hole
Sink Sink, n. 1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. 2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen. 3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.] Sink hole. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.

Meaning of sink hole from wikipedia

- known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet. A cenote is a type of sinkhole that exposes groundwater underneath. Sink, and stream sink are more general terms...
- The Battle of the Sink Hole, sometimes known as "Forgotten War", was fought on May 24, 1815, after the official end of the War of 1812, between Missouri...
- Sadie Elizabeth Sink (born April 16, 2002) is an American actress. She began acting at age seven in local theater productions and pla**** the title role...
- another sink hole. He went home to gather his caving gear and asked Gary Tenen to join him to explore the new sink hole. That new sink hole was also...
- created as a prison for jinn, and superstition has it that objects near the hole can be sucked towards it. Some nearby residents think that it is bad luck...
- Sometimes the table had a hole where the large bowl rested, which led to the making of dry sinks. From about 1820 to 1900, the dry sink evolved by the addition...
- but with no enforcement action taken.[citation needed] In 2006, a large sink hole opened up spanning the road outside Lyttle's property revealing some of...
- depression in the terrain caused by mining activity. This depression or sink-hole is frequently caused by the collapse of old underground mine workings...
- depress into a sink (which subsidence craters are sometimes called; see sink hole). It is possible for further collapse to occur from the sink into the explosion...
- Akhayat (also known as Aşağı Dünya Obruğu) is a sinkhole in Mersin Province, Turkey. The Akhayat Sinkhole is located in a rural area of the Silifke ilçe...