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kettle hole
kettle hole n (Physical Geography) a round hollow formed by the melting of a mass of buried ice. Often shortened to: kettle ket′tle hole`
n. 1. a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift. 2. pothole (def. 2). [1880–85] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | kettle hole - (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial depositskettlegeology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rockshollow, hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter |
kettle hole
kettle hole[′ked·əl ‚hōl] (geology) kettle kettle hole
Related to kettle hole: drumlin, moraineSynonyms for kettle holenoun (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial depositsSynonymsRelated Words |