pothole
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈpɔːtˌhoʊl/
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bache
- North has been a very persistent campaigner for resources to repair the potholes in his constituency and across the country.
- potholes on streets
- pothole patch
And wild dogs ran through the streets and you could fall into a pothole and drown.
- And wild dogs ran through the streets and you could fall into a pothole and drown.
- And there's a huge pothole right here.
- Do you mean you're like, well, for Christmas, I would like you to fix the potholes on Colgate Drive if that's OK.
- My dad goes get in the car and I and I swear he hit every pothole for the hour and a half ride to the hospital that he could find.
- to hell and know that the potholes can really take you out.
- But again, New Jersey winter potholes, didn't really get to try that.
- They've not emptied our bins, Council hacks, hacks too high potholes, they're rubbish.
- No leaking, no bleeding, no boulders, no potholes, no sticking of anything along those.
- Lots of lots of gravel, potholes, rock chips, a lot of salt in the winter time.
- Tom Segura with a lifeline swerves that pothole.
- that I'll take into town and it has some potholes which you can feel a damaging your car.
- That pothole, I wake up fast, turn, I wake up.
Examples
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The streets were full of potholes that the city never got around to filling.
Fiction book (2002) -
Most had been neglected for decades, full of potholes and cracks, with grass growing through them.
Fiction book (2001) -
Do all cities and towns use the same methods of pothole repair?
Academic text (2008) -
And there's a huge pothole right here.
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It takes the council 2 years to fix a pothole in front of my place... yet they can knock this up in a couple of days.
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Ernie tried to ford it in the Chevrolet and got stuck in a pothole right in the middle.
Fiction book (1990) -
The city plans to repair the numerous potholes that have damaged vehicles on Main Street.
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Driving over a deep pothole can cause significant harm to your car's suspension.
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Residents are frustrated by the lack of action to fix the large pothole at the corner of Oak Avenue.
Synonyms
A deep hole in the road that can damage cars
A hole that forms when wood decays or people dig the ground
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pothole comes from the simple idea of pot + hole — imagine a road with a little 'deep, round container' dug into it like a pot. So a pothole is a pot-shaped hole in the road, which is why it can damage cars after bad weather or heavy traffic.