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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n.
     1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other
        material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving
        filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
        are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence
        the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation;
        as, the sink of the Humboldt River. [Western U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Sink hole.
        (a) The opening to a sink drain.
        (b) A cesspool.
        (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sink \Sink\, n.
     1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
  
     2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other
        material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving
        filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
  
     3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
        are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.]
  
     Sink hole.
        (a) The opening to a sink drain.
        (b) A cesspool.
        (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sink hole
     n.
     (alternative form of en sinkhole)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sink hole
     n.
     (alternative form of en sinkhole)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sink hole
     n.
     (alternative form of en sinkhole)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sink hole
     n.
     (alternative form of en sinkhole)

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink hole /sˈɪŋk hˈəʊl/
  Einsturztrichter 
     Synonym: leach hole
  
   see: sink holes, leach holes
  

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