Definitions for pothole

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pothole pot·hole

Spelling: [pot-hohl]

IPA: /ˈpɒtˌhoʊl/

Pothole is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in pothole (ehloopt).

Definitions for pothole

noun

1. a deep hole; pit.
2. a hole formed in pavement, as by excessive use or by extremes of weather.
3. a more or less cylindrical hole formed in rock by the grinding action of the detrital material in eddying water.
4. a cave opening vertically from the ground surface.

Origin of pothole

First recorded in 1820-30; pot¹ + hole

Examples for pothole

When Baker took office, it took 2½ years to fill a pothole in St. Petersburg.

A gentleman named Lee Daly from Dublin, Ireland asked Booker for help with a pothole in front of his house.

Keep in mind, the U.S. can barely keep its government open, fix a pothole, or move a train 45 miles in an hour in this country.

The carriage slumped into a pothole, and a spring seemed to snap.

They were moving around the base of a small knoll when Larkwell's foot struck a pothole in the ash and he stumbled.

March 17, 2005 – 7:21 p.m. Type: 911 Subject: Maintenance Report: pothole “that is blocking the road” 4.