sinkhole, sink, swallow hole
(noun) a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sinkhole (plural sinkholes)
(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage
Synonyms: cenote, doline, dolina, kettle hole (Britain), shakehole, sink (Britain), swallet (Britain), swallow hole
A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
(pinball) A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
(internet) A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
(computer security) An attack which redirects requests - be it network or memory accesses - to a new location defined by the attacker.
Source: Wiktionary
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
