Kettle-hole
noun, Geology.
1.
a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.
2.
(def 3).
noun
1.
a round hollow formed by the melting of a mass of buried ice Often shortened to kettle
noun
a hollow filled to make a lake, due to the melting of a glacial deposit over time
Usage Note
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