Definitions for kettle hole
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ket′tle hole`(n.)
a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.
Category: Geology
Category: Geology
Ref: pothole (def. 2). 3
Origin of kettle hole:
1880–85
Princeton's WordNet
kettle hole, kettle(noun)
(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
Wiktionary
kettle hole(Noun)
A depression in the ground occurring as the result of a large block of ice getting buried by glacial outwash and subsequent melting of it.
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