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Definition of sinkhole
1 : a hollow place or depression in which drainage collects
2 : a hollow in a limestone region that communicates with a cavern or passage
3 : sink 2
4 : something (such as an unprofitable investment) that steadily drains money or resources a financial sinkhole
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The law was spurred by controversies last year in response to the handling of a sinkhole at a Mosaic phosphate plant in Polk County and sewage discharges into Tampa Bay.
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There have been no injuries reported resulting from the sinkhole that appeared shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday.
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Luckily, in these sinkhole-prone areas, efforts to monitor soil chemistry and use satellites to scope out at-risk zones by Ivey Burden and other engineers can help predict future sinkage.
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A sinkhole might mean downtown's numerous underground caverns had swallowed some dirt and might swallow more.
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Hedges, who started the season in an 0-for-24 sinkhole, added four RBIs in a game against the Cubs.
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La Cañada Irrigation District employees worked to repair to a 15-foot sinkhole in the 4700 block of Hillard Avenue Tuesday after a broken pipe fitting led to leakage that caused a sewer trench to subside, water officials reported.
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A water main break in East County caused a sinkhole that swallowed a car being used as an Uber early Tuesday morning.
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University of Tennessee scientist Vladimir Dinets studied nine Cuban boas by living with them in a sinkhole cave in Desembarco del Granma National Park, Cuba.
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First Known Use of sinkhole
15th century
Other Geology Terms
anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale
SINKHOLE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of sinkhole for English Language Learners
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: a low area or hole in the ground that is formed especially when soil and rocks are removed by flowing water
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