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SWALLOW HOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does swallow hole mean?
• SWALLOW HOLE (noun)
The noun SWALLOW HOLE has 1 sense:
1. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Familiarity information: SWALLOW HOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("swallow hole" is a kind of...):
depression; natural depression (a sunken or depressed geological formation)
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