sinkhole

What does sinkhole mean?

sinkhole means "a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof".

How many syllables are in sinkhole?

sinkhole has 2 syllables: sin-khole. The stress falls on "sin". In IPA it is /ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl/.

What is another word for sinkhole?

Close synonyms include sink, swallow hole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sinkhole a common word?

sinkhole is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sinkhole?

14 words rhyme with sinkhole. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sinkhole come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.