kettle hole

noun

, Geology.

1. a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.
2. pothole ( def 3 ).

kettle hole

noun

1. a round hollow formed by the melting of a mass of buried ice Often shortened tokettle

Word History and Origins

Origin of kettle hole¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The Kettle Hole Ranch house faces a wide, treeless valley and is backed by an equally bare hill.

From Project Gutenberg

For this he had a piece of sheet-iron cut out two feet long and fourteen inches wide, with a round kettle-hole near one end.

From Project Gutenberg