KETTLE HOLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

Synonyms:

kettle; kettle hole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("kettle hole" is a kind of...):

hole; hollow (a depression hollowed out of solid matter)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

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