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kettle hole
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kettle hole
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a round hollow formed by the melting of a mass of buried ice Often shortened to kettle
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Noun1.kettle hole - (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
hollow, hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter


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