sinkhole
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sinkhole
- /ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English sinkehole, sinkeholl, equivalent to sink + hole.
noun sinkholes · sink hole · sink-hole
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A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
A sinkhole suddenly opened up beneath the track of a heavy freight route in the eastern United States. Golfers playing the 13th hole at Hartford, Connecticut, had a new obstacle to tackle: a section of track suspended in mid-air after heavy rainfall in the aftermath of Storm Ida.
Similar: cenote, doline, dolina, shakehole, sink, swallet, swallow hole
- A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
- A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it. Pro Pinball is as authentic as pinball has ever been on the PC. It's all here, from the ramps, bumpers and sinkholes to the satisfying "clack" when you make the high-score list.
- A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
- An attack which redirects requests, whether network or memory accesses, to a new location defined by the attacker.
verb sinkholes · sinkholing · sinkholed · sink hole · sink-hole
- To configure as a sinkhole (domain name server that gives non-routeable addresses).
Translations
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noun geology: hole formed in soluble rock
| Español | torca, dolina, cenote |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 싱크홀 singkeuhol, 땅꺼짐 ttangkkeojim, 돌리네 dolline |
| 日本語 | シンクホール shinkuhōru |
| 中文 | 天坑 tiānkēng, 沉洞 chéndòng, 落水洞, 溶蝕漏斗 /溶蚀漏斗 |
| Português | dolina |
| Français | doline, gouffre |
| Deutsch | Doline, Senkloch, Sinkloch, Erdfall, Schwinde, Flussschwinde |
| Italiano | dolina, pulo |
| Ελληνικά | καταβοθρα katavothra |
| Română | dolină |
| Русский | ка́рстовая воро́нка kárstovaja vorónka, дья́волова дыра́ dʹjávolova dyrá |
| Tiếng Việt | hố sụt |
| العربية | بَالُوعَة bālūʕa, بَلَّاعَة ballāʕa, بَلُّوعَة ballūʕa |
| עברית | בולען bol'án |
noun depressed area in which water collects
| Español | desagüe |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | シンクホール shinkuhōru |
| 中文 | 污水池 wūshuǐchí, 排水窪地 /排水洼地 páishuǐ wādì |
| Deutsch | Senkloch, Sinkloch, Ablauf, Abfluss |
| Русский | выгребна́я я́ма vygrebnája jáma |
| العربية | بَالُوعَة bālūʕa, بَلَّاعَة ballāʕa |
noun attack
| 中文 | 重定向攻擊 /重定向攻击, 劫持攻擊 /劫持攻击 |
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verb configure as a sinkhole
| 中文 | 設置沉洞 /设置沉洞 shèzhì chéndòng |
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title = {sinkhole},
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