potholed
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈpɑːthoʊld/
- 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
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7.4
Covered with many small holes or scars
6
4.4
Having many small holes on the surface like a honeycomb
5
7.5
Having many small pits or scars, often on the skin
2
3.6
A thing with holes from damage or wear
2
4.5
Having many deep round holes like those on the Moon
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.