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KETTLE HOLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
Synonyms:
kettle; kettle hole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("kettle hole" is a kind of...):
hole; hollow (a depression hollowed out of solid matter)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)