Definitions for cenotes

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cenotes ce·no·te

Spelling: [suh-noh-tee]

IPA: /səˈnoʊ ti/

Cenotes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in cenotes (ceenost).

Definitions for cenotes

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 cenotes

1835-45; Mexican Spanish Yucatec Mayan

Examples for cenotes

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

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

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

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