| potholder | (n) an insulated pad for holding hot pots |
| pothole | (n) a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface), Syn. chuckhole |
| potholer | (n) a person who explores caves, Syn. spelunker, spelaeologist, speleologist |
| Pothole | n. A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock. [ 1913 Webster ] |