A sinkhole has appeared in the middle of the highway.
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Sinkhole
//ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl//
Synonyms for "sinkhole" (13 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- بَالُوعَة noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- بَالُوعَة noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- بَلَّاعَة noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- بَلَّاعَة noun (depressed area in which water collects)
Catalan
4 entries- bòfia noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- desaigüe noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- desguàs noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- dolina noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 劫持攻擊 /劫持攻击 noun (attack)
- 天坑 noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- 得分洞 noun (hole in the playfield)
- 排水窪地 /排水洼地 noun (depressed area in which water collects)
Dutch
1 entries- zinkgat noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Esperanto
1 entries- dolino noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Finnish
4 entries- doliini noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- karstivajoama noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- kolo noun (hole in the playfield)
- kuoppa noun (depressed area in which water collects)
French
2 entries- doline noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- gouffre noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Galician
4 entries- broque noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- fanigoto noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- fochanca noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- groba noun (depressed area in which water collects)
German
4 entries- Abfluss noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- Ablauf noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- Doline noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- Erdfall noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Greek
1 entries- καταβοθρα noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Hebrew
1 entries- בולען noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Irish
4 entries- cíocra noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- poll slogaide noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- slogaide noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- súmaire noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Italian
2 entries- dolina noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- pulo noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Japanese
2 entries- シンクホール noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- シンクホール noun (depressed area in which water collects)
Korean
3 entries- 돌리네 noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- 땅꺼짐 noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- 싱크홀 noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Macedonian
2 entries- вр́тача noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- по́нор noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Māori
2 entries- tomo noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- whāwhārua noun (depressed area in which water collects)
Norman
1 entries- dalot noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- jordfallshull noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- synkehull noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Polish
4 entries- lej krasowy noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- lejek krasowy noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- werteb krasowy noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- wertep krasowy noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Portuguese
1 entries- dolina noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Romanian
1 entries- dolină noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Russian
3 entries- выгребна́я я́ма noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- дья́волова дыра́ noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- ка́рстовая воро́нка noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- vrtača noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Slovene
1 entries- kraška dolina noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Spanish
4 entries- cenote noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- desagüe noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- dolina noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- torca noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Swedish
2 entries- slukhål noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- sänka noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Thai
1 entries- หลุมยุบ noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Turkish
3 entries- düden noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
- düden noun (depressed area in which water collects)
- obruk noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hố sụt noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Welsh
1 entries- llyncdwll noun (geology: hole formed in soluble rock)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
A sinkhole formed under the National Corvette Museum and swallowed eight cars.
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Tom's home was swallowed by a sinkhole.
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The sinkhole, now about 10 meters across, is threatening to devour the entire house.
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