shakehole

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shakehole

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From shake + hole.

noun shakeholes

  1. Northern England, UK A steep-sided, often conical, depression caused by slumping of ground into a cavity beneath. Shakeholes may or may not contain a cave entrance and/or a stream sink.

    Similar: sinkhole, swallow hole, swallet

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@misc{shakehole_2026,
  title = {shakehole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shakehole},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}