Definitions for cenote

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cenote ce·no·te

Spelling: [suh-noh-tee]

IPA: /səˈnoʊ ti/

Cenote is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in cenote (ceenot).

Definitions for cenote

noun

1. a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.

Origin of cenote

1835-45; Mexican Spanish Yucatec Mayan

Examples for cenote

The floor of this cenote is near the watertable but not below it.

Probably the swallows were nesting in the cenote although the nests were inaccessible to view.

For these the Mayan Indian name is "cenote," and they are often huge.

Dinny led on rapidly till they reached the turning in the direction of the old temple which contained the cenote.