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Definition of swallow hole in English: swallow holenoun another term for sinkhole Example sentencesExamples - There were a few little tarns, fragments of limestone pavement, swallow holes and sight of Malham Tarn.
- She was walking towards us and all of a sudden, she just went down to her shoulders in what we'd call a swallow hole.
- The borough surveyor diagnosed it as a swallow hole, which occurs when large deposits of sand trapped in the chalk are washed away during rainy weather, leaving a large void which then collapses.
- Its precise location provides intriguing possibilities for a natural feature - tree, swallow hole, spring - to have been its original focus.
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