kettle hole

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Определение kettle hole в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A depression in the ground occurring as the result of a large block of ice getting buried by glacial outwash and subsequent melting of it

(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

Связанные Термины

kettle holes

plural form of kettle hole

Расстановка переносов

ket·tle hole

Турецкое произношение

ketıl hōl

Синонимы

kettle

Произношение

/ˈketəl ˈhōl/ /ˈkɛtəl ˈhoʊl/

Этимология

[ 'ke-t&l ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English ketel, from Old Norse ketill , both from a prehistoric Germanic word borrowed from Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus bowl.