kettle hole
noun Geology.
a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.
Also called
kettle.
Origin of kettle hole
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby kettle hole
ketoxime,
kettering,
kettle,
kettle base,
kettle hat,
kettle hole,
kettle of fish,
kettle stitch,
kettle-bottom,
kettledrum,
ketubah
British Dictionary definitions for kettle hole
kettle hole
noun
a round hollow formed by the melting of a mass of buried ice
Often shortened to: kettle