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Definition of Pothole
1. Noun. A pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface).
Definition of Pothole
1. n. A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Definition of Pothole
1. Noun. A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic. ¹
2. Noun. A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream. ¹
3. Noun. (geology) A vertical cave system, often found in limestone. ¹
4. Noun. (archeology) A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure hunters or vandals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pothole
1. a deep hole in a road [n -S] : POTHOLED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pothole
Literary usage of Pothole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Innovative Materials and Equipment for Pavement Surface Repairs: Summary of by Kelly L. Smith (1994)
"A large number of agencies use the "throw-and-go" pothole repair procedure, or
the equivalent "dump-and-mn", using conventional cold mix materials. ..."
2. Biographical Record of the Alumni of Amherst College ... 1821-[1896] by Amherst College, Edward Payson Crowell, Walter Stanley Biscoe (1901)
"rounding," 1885 ; Essay on "The Pearl Hill pothole ;" Essay,"The Birds the Farmers
Hate." MA, Amherst, 1884. Unmarried. WILLIAM ELLIOT JUDD, MA, [Palmer], ..."
3. Resource Conservation: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"The loss of one-acre wetlands in the prairie pothole region, alone, ... The prairie
pothole region provides more of these crucial ingredients than any other ..."
4. Resource Conservation: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"The loss of one-acre wetlands in the prairie pothole region, alone, ... The prairie
pothole region provides more of these crucial ingredients than any other ..."
5. Manual of Road Construction and Maintenance, Compiled at the School of by E. M. Paul (1908)
"A pothole occurs whenever an obstruction projects into the general current of a
river, ... This is the agency, however slow, which scoops out the pothole. ..."
6. Liquid Steel: Its Manufacture and Cost by David Carnegie, Sidney C. Gladwyn (1913)
"Each pothole has a separate flue to the chimney, as well as one in the cellar
... If the melting is proceeding more quickly in one pothole than in another, ..."
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