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sink-hole

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "sink-hole" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
9 characters
English (US)
1syllable

sink-hole

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

Because it is a word with a single syllable, sink-hole is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofsink-hole

1noun
  • A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage

    Synonyms: cenote, dolina, doline, "kettle hole", shakehole, sink, swallet, "swallow hole"

  • A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
  • A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
  • 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.
  • An attack which redirects requests - be it network or memory accesses - to a new location defined by the attacker.
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