kettle hole en · NOUN
Meanings
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A depression in the ground occurring as the result of a large block of ice getting buried by glacial outwash and subsequent melting of it.
An adult male mammoth and four juveniles, trapped about 14,500 years ago in a boggy ʽkettle holeʼ left by a retreating glacier in Shropshire, are the most recent record in the UK.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 207:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kettle holes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
fi suppa (depression in the ground) · it kettle hole (depression in the ground) · es kettle (depression in the ground) · sv dödishåla (depression in the ground) · it pseudodolina (depression in the ground) · sv dödisgrop (depression in the ground) · it kettle (depression in the ground) · bg понор (depression in the ground) · es marmita de gigante (depression in the ground)