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NounPlural: holes |
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hole - an opening deliberately made in or through something | ||
opening the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" | ||
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 a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing" | ||
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" | ||
eyehole, eyelet 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 a hole for inserting a finger | ||
hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe the hole that an anchor rope passes through | ||
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 | ||
mortice, mortise a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint | ||
mouth hole a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth | ||
nail hole a hole left after a nail is removed | ||
peephole, spyhole, eyehole a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | ||
perforation the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation) | ||
plughole a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away) | ||
post hole, posthole a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post | ||
puncture the act of puncturing or perforating | ||
sound hole a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones | ||
thumbhole a finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball) | ||
hole - an opening into or through something | ||
gap, opening a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" | ||
aperture an man-made opening; usually small | ||
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 unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information | ||
ozone hole an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone | ||
perforation the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation) | ||
rathole a small dirty uncomfortable room | ||
hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter | ||
hollow | ||
natural depression, depression a sunken or depressed geological formation | ||
burrow, tunnel a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter | ||
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 | ||
cavity, pit (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body | ||
chuckhole, pothole a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) | ||
rabbit burrow, rabbit hole a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits | ||
hole - one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes" | ||
golf hole | ||
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" | ||
golf course, links course course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf | ||
hole - an unoccupied space | ||
space the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite" | ||
hole - a fault; "he shot holes in my argument" | ||
hole - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" | ||
fix, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish | ||
difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" | ||
hole - informal terms for the mouth | ||
trap, cakehole, maw, yap, gob | ||
Verb |
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hole - make holes in | ||
core out, hollow out, hollow remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" | ||
hole - hit the ball into the hole | ||
hole out | ||
hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
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 |