giant's kettle

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənts ˈkɛ.təl/
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Noun

giant's kettle (plural giant's kettles)

  1. (geology) A typically large and cylindrical pothole drilled in solid rock underlying a glacier either by water descending down a deep moulin or by gravel rotating in the bed of subglacial stream.

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