pothole
(pɒthoʊl ) also pot-hole
Word forms: potholes
1. countable noun
A pothole is a large hole in the surface of a road, caused by traffic and bad weather.
2. countable noun
A pothole is a deep hole in the ground. Potholes often lead to underground caves and tunnels.
Image of pothole
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Collocations:
repair a pothole
He started by repairing the pothole outside his home but went on to fill every one in the street.
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A report last year warned that this had reached almost £9.8 billion, adding that it would take ten years to repair all potholes.
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This would go a long way to repairing the pothole in the public finances.
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The largest crater was 7.5m wide and repairing the potholes has cost taxpayers 2.6 million in the past eight years.
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Translations:
Chinese: 坑洼
Japanese: ポットホール
- rapid
- rapid acceleration
- rapid advancement
- rapid advances
- rapid appreciation
- rapid ascent
- rapid assessment
- rapid boil
- rapid bursts
- rapid change
- rapid collapse
- rapid communication
- rapid conversion
- rapid decline
- rapid delivery
- rapid descent
- rapid destruction
- rapid development
- rapid drop
- rapid emergence
- rapid erosion
- rapid evolution
- rapid expansion
- rapid-fire
- rapid-fire delivery