A pothole is a surface disruption in a roadway, caused by fatigue and erosion.

Pothole may also refer to: Pothole (geology), a phenomenon encountered in the platinum mining industry in South Africa Pothole (landform), evorsion, swirlhole, or giant's kettle, a smooth, bowl-shaped or cylindrical hollow created by water erosion of bedrock Pothole, or panhole, a shallow solution basin, or closed depression, found on flat or gently sloping rock Pothole, a shallow depression formed during deglaciation commonly known as a kettle (landform), often containing a lake or marsh, as in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America Pothole, or pit cave, a predominantly vertical cave system

See also Potholes, California Potholes (film), a 1928 Soviet silent film "Pothole", a song by Tyler, the Creator from the 2017 album Flower Boy Pothole, the upper section of Bull Shoals Lake, Missouri Potholes Reservoir, Washington state Potholing, or caving, spelunking Pothole Dome The Pothole (Seinfeld)