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pothole
English
Alternative forms
- pot-hole
Etymology 1
From dialectal pot (“pit, hollow, cavity”) +? hole. The "cave" senses, attested since at least 1809 (as pot-hole), may be from Middle English pot, potte (“a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging”), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to English pit, pote, or pot. Compare Scots pott, patt (“a pit dug in the ground; coalpit”).
Noun
pothole (plural potholes)
- A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
- A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
- 2002, May-June, Grand River Conservation Authority (Canada) Newsletter
- 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.
- 2002, May-June, Grand River Conservation Authority (Canada) Newsletter
- (geology) A vertical cave system, often found in limestone.
- (archaeology) A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure hunters or vandals.
Synonyms
- (large pit in the bed of a stream): giant kettle
Derived terms
- potholing
- potholed
- potholer
Related terms
- (pit resulting from unauthorized excavation): pothunter
Translations
Etymology 2
From pot +? hole. Attested since at least 1811 (also as pot-hole), possibly continuing Middle English *pothol (attested in the plural, potholys).
Noun
pothole (plural potholes)
- A hole or recess on the top of a stove into which a pot may be placed.
- 1984, Stoves and trees: how much wood would a woodstove save if a woodstove could save wood?:
- Stoves with two or more potholes
The normal single-pot stove in which the pot sits on top, rather than being sunk into the pothole, has a major limitation.
- Stoves with two or more potholes
- 1984, Stoves and trees: how much wood would a woodstove save if a woodstove could save wood?:
See also
- sinkhole
Anagrams
- the Loop, top hole, top-hole
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potholed
English
Etymology
pothole +? -ed
Adjective
potholed (comparative more potholed, superlative most potholed)
- Having potholes in its surface
- 1999 Dirk De Meyer - The Urban Condition
- Beside these, the late 19th-century rows of tiny wooden “shotgun” cottages along potholed or unpaved roads exhibit an architectural dignity that is only a part of their eloquence.
- 1999 Dirk De Meyer - The Urban Condition
Derived terms
- unpotholed
Anagrams
- pod hotel
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