Swallow Hole (Noun)
Meaning
A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The cavers carefully approached the massive swallow hole, aware of the potential dangers that lay beneath.
- After heavy rain, the small stream in the field began to flow quickly into the nearby swallow hole.
- While hiking through the dense woods, the group stumbled upon a hidden swallow hole nearly 20 feet in diameter.
- Experts confirmed that the massive sinkhole in the town square was actually a swallow hole that led to a network of underwater caves.
- Rocks and debris littered the edges of the deep swallow hole, evidence of its violent formation.