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 ce·no·teC0195350 (sə-nō′tē)n. A water-filled limestone sinkhole of the Yucatán.[American Spanish, from Yucatec ts'onot.]
 cenote(sɪˈnəʊteɪ) n1.  (Geological Science) (esp in the Yucatán peninsula) a natural well formed by the collapse of an overlying limestone crust: often used as a sacrificial site by the Mayas2.  (Anthropology & Ethnology) (esp in the Yucatán peninsula) a natural well formed by the collapse of an overlying limestone crust: often used as a sacrificial site by the Mayas[C19: via Mexican Spanish from Mayan conot]ce•no•te(səˈnoʊ ti)
 n.   a deep natural well or sinkhole of the Yucatán Peninsula, formed by the collapse of surface limestone.  [1835–45; < Mexican Spanish < Yucatec Mayan] Translations
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 cenote[sə′nōd·ē]  (civil engineering)  pothole |