potholes

noun

plural of pothole
as in basins

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Recent Examples of potholes How to drive safely and report potholes Hitting a pothole could cause serious damage to your car tires, wheels and shocks. — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potholes
  1. basins
  2. ravines
  3. canyons
  4. kettles
  5. gaps
  6. gulches
  7. fissures
  8. crevices
Noun
  • In areas with valleys or basins, cooler and denser air drains downhill and pools in low spots overnight, a process known as cold-air pooling.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The war has also driven a surge in investment in non-Gulf hydrocarbon assets, especially in the Atlantic and Pacific basins, including Africa and Latin America.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of basins
Noun
  • The gardens were developed in the 1930s on a site featuring natural ravines, now crossed by suspension bridges and laced with trails.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
  • The face of the moon never looks the same from one night to the next, as the shifting angle between the moon and sun causes sunlight to sweep across its surface, altering the shadows cast by craters, mountain ranges and ravines.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 23 May 2026
Definition of ravines
Noun
  • Known for its famous slot canyons, Zion is ideal for hiking and canyoneering—though that doesn’t mean the less athletic traveler will come up short on things to do.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
  • From the layer-cake buttes of Badlands National Park to the winding canyons of the Black Hills, this part of South Dakota is legendary.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Definition of canyons
Noun
  • Get connected at home with the $25 Amazon Smart Plug, which works with Alexa to turn devices like lamps and electric kettles on and off with ease.
    — Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • In-room goodies include Alessi kettles and Nespresso machines, mini iPads, and Bose sound systems.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Definition of kettles
Noun
  • Casemiro was able to coast through performances against poor Haiti and Scotland sides in two of Brazil’s group stage games, but Morocco provided much sterner opposition that exposed some worrying gaps in midfield.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • The problem, inherent to the design, has always been the physical gaps between those individual boxes.
    — Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of gaps
Noun
  • Head right, and there came public land, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest with its creeks and gulches and two-bit towns like Peanut and Beegum.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • The road to the potato patches — where the community grows most of its vegetables — crosses several large gulches that frequently spill tons of rock and soil onto the track, requiring regular maintenance.
    — NPR, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of gulches
Noun
  • So, too, does the idea that a soccer coach could close fissures that even the well-meaning among career politicians have failed to seal.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 17 June 2026
Definition of fissures
Noun
  • From clever watermelon slicers to brushes designed to slide into tight crevices, shop more surprisingly useful gadgets below.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
  • In it, pieces of raw fish are put in the cracks, crevices, and folds of the skin of Zach Holmes, another of the new cast members, who is a large man.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
Definition of crevices

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