WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ket′tle hole′, [Geol.]
  1. Geologya deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.
  2. Geologypothole (def. 3). Also called kettle. 
  • 1880–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kettle hole n
  1. a round hollow formed by the melting of a mass of buried ice
'kettle hole' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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