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| Noun | 1. | hole - an opening into or through somethingaperture - a natural opening in something bolt-hole - a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den bullet hole - a hole made by a bullet passing through it cranny - a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall) leak - an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak" opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" ozone hole - an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone perforation - a hole made in something; "a perforation of the eardrum" rathole - a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats knothole - a hole in a board where a knot came out |
| 2. | hole - an opening deliberately made in or through something air hole - a hole that allows the passage of air armhole - a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached bunghole - a hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it button hole, buttonhole - a hole through which buttons are pushed countersink - a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface cup - the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup" ear hole - a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears eye - a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye" eyelet, eyehole - a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar finger hole - a hole for inserting a finger finger hole - one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it keyhole - the hole where a key is inserted loophole - a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons lubber's hole - hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds manhole - a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure mouth hole - a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth nail hole - a hole left after a nail is removed opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" perforation - a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place plughole - a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away) puncture - a small hole made by a sharp object sound hole - a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones thumbhole - the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb | |
| 3. | hole - one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes"dogleg - a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway golf course, links course - course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf period of play, playing period, play - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" | |
| 4. | hole - an unoccupied space space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" pore - any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas) | |
| 5. | hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter gopher hole - a hole in the ground made by gophers kettle hole, kettle - (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits natural depression, depression - a sunken or depressed geological formation rabbit burrow, rabbit hole - a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits wormhole - hole made by a burrowing worm | |
| 6. | hole - a fault; "he shot holes in my argument" | |
| 7. | hole - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" dog's breakfast, dog's dinner - a poor job; a mess; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job" | |
| 8. | hole - informal terms for the mouth mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" | |
| Verb | 1. | hole - hit the ball into the hole golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" |
| 2. | hole - make holes in |