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   hole

   /hōl/

   noun

   • 1. a hollow place in a solid body or surface: "he dug out a small hole in the snow" Similar pitditchtrenchcavitycraterdepressionhollowwellboreholeexcavationshaftmineshaftdugoutcavecavernpotholechambergorgechasmcanyonravine
   • ▪ an aperture passing through something: "he had a hole in his sock" Similar openingaperturegapspaceorificeslotventoutletchinkbreachbreakcrackleakriftrupturepunctureperforationcutincisionsplitgashrentslitcleftcrevicefissurepeepholekeyholespyholeforamenarchaic:loophole
   • ▪ a cavity or receptacle on a golf course, typically one of eighteen or nine, into which the ball must be hit.
   • ▪ a hole as representing a division of a golf course or of play in golf: "Stephen lost the first three holes to Eric"
   • ▪ an animal's burrow: "a fox's hole" Similar burrowlairdencovertearthsettdreyretreatsheltercave
   • ▪ a valley: "Jackson Hole"
   • ▪ a position from which an electron is absent, especially one regarded as a mobile carrier of positive charge in a semiconductor.
   • 2. a small or unpleasant place: informal "she had wasted a whole lifetime in this hole of a town" Similar hovelslumshackmessinformal:dumpdivepigstyjointtipOpposite palace
   • ▪ an awkward situation: "get yourself out of a hole" Similar predicamentdiffict situationawkward situationmesscornertight cornerquandarydilemmamuddleemergencycrisisimbrogliodifficultytroubleplightdire straitsinformal:fixjambindspottight spotscrapepicklesticky situationhot waterdeep waterspot of bother

   verb

   • 1. make a hole or holes in: "a fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started"
   • 2. hit (the ball) so that it falls into a hole: "alternate shots from each partner until the ball is holed"

   Word Origin Old Englishhol (noun), holian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hol (noun) ‘cave’, (adjective) ‘hollow’, and German hohl ‘hollow’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover, conceal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. holey adjective

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   Synonyms for HOLES: apertures, openings, crevices, spaces, slits, orifices, perforations, cracks; Antonyms of HOLES: patches, seals, plugs, fillers, fillings, barriers, obstacles, obstructions

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   Synonyms for HOLE: aperture, opening, crevice, orifice, slit, perforation, fissure, crack; Antonyms of HOLE: seal, patch, filling, plug, fill, filler, barrier, obstruction

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   noun. These are words and phrases related to hole. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of hole. The boys watched the baseball game through a hole in the fence.

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    an opening in or through something. They got in through a hole in the wall. kids with holes in the knees of their jeans. Synonyms. opening. split. crack. break. tear. gap. rent. breach. outlet. vent. puncture. aperture. fissure. orifice. perforation.