kettle hole

American  

noun

Geology.

1. a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.

2. pothole.

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kettle hole British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: kettle.  a round hollow formed by the melting of a mass of buried ice

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Etymology

Origin of kettle hole

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

So Mercer suggested just cutting the surrounds at the same height as the greens, in essence extending the putting surfaces out and over those mounds, slopes, kettle holes and trenches.

From Golf Digest

We discovered a hilltop recently cleared of trees with a unique kettle hole atop it that we called The Volcano.

From Golf Digest

The pond, which is over 30 metres deep, is actually a kettle hole, a deep depression left behind when a chunk of ice was dropped by a retreating glacier around 15,000 years ago.

From The Guardian

You prefer Hopi and Haida legends, and 'Walam-Olum,' and 'glacial moraines,' and 'kettle holes'?

From Project Gutenberg

Where this moraine exists the face of the country is covered with "kettle holes" of all sizes and shapes, and in some of them there are small lakes, while others are dry.

From Project Gutenberg