potholed
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- adjective
- /ˈpɑːthoʊld/
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bacheado
- After the heavy rains, the city's potholed roads became even harder to navigate.
- potholed road
- potholed street
- potholed highway
Examples
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I feel my own legs pounding over the potholed road almost before I realize I'm running.
Fiction book (1994) -
Kyle was driving along potholed streets, uncertain where he was headed.
Fiction book (2002) -
The truck began to move over a potholed road.
Fiction book (1996) -
The taillights danced in the darkness because of the potholed road.
Fiction book (1991) -
But just across the border: crowds, garbage everywhere, buildings crammed together on potholed streets.
Fiction book (1999) -
The silence was deafening as both vans sped through the deserted and potholed streets of Bethlehem.
Fiction book (2002) -
At North Long Street, she turned right by Burnham Nurseries and onto potholed Water Street, across a narrow plank bridge spanning Glen Creek.
Fiction book (2002) -
From there we descend through shadowy mountains, along a twisted, potholed road—the major cross-island highway—following the course of a river gorge where women wash clothes in the green and yellow afternoon.
Fiction book (1998) -
Driving on the potholed road caused the car to bounce uncomfortably.
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The cyclist struggled to maintain balance on the potholed path.
Synonyms
Having many deep round holes like those on the Moon
Having many small holes on the surface like a honeycomb
Covered with many small holes or scars
Having many small pits or scars, often on the skin
A thing with holes from damage or wear
Antonyms
How Uneven
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word potholed comes from the parts pot and hole, because the damaged spots in a road look like round, deep pots pushed into the surface; a helpful image is a road full of little round pits. The -ed ending means 'having' those holes, so a potholed road is one that is full of holes and is rough to drive on.