Definition of holes Holes
/howˈlz/ - [howlz] -
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What does holes mean?
Wiktionary 
- holes (Noun)
Plural of hole.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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 | ||
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Wiktionary
- hole (Noun)
A hollow spot in a surface. - hole (Noun)
An opening in a solid. - hole (Noun)
A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course , is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass. - hole (Noun)
The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes. - hole (Noun)
An excavation pit or trench. - hole (Noun)
A weakness, a flaw. - hole (Noun)
A container or receptacle. - hole (Noun)
In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle. - hole (Noun)
A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit. - hole (Noun)
An orifice, in particular the anus. - hole (Noun)
A high-security prison cell , often used as punishment. - hole (Noun)
An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel. - hole (Noun)
The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman. - hole (Noun)
A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn. - hole (Verb)
To make holes in an object or surface. - hole (Verb)
To destroy. - hole (Verb)
To go or get into a hole. - hole (Verb)
To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in. - hole (Verb)
To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hole (a.)
Whole. - hole (n.)
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. - hole (n.)
An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. - hole (n.)
To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. - hole (n.)
To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball. - hole (v. i.)
To go or get into a hole.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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hole
A, often round, piece of nothingness in some solid.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hole
hōl, n. a hollow place: a cavity: an opening in a solid body: a pit: a subterfuge: a means of escape: a difficult situation: a scrape: a place of hiding, a mean lodging, a secret room for some disreputable business: (golf) one of the holes, 4 in. in diameter, into which the ball is played, also the distance between any two holes.—v.t. to form holes in: to drive into a hole.—v.i. to go into a hole.—adj. Hole′-and-cor′ner, secret: underhand.—ns. Hōling-axe, a narrow axe for cutting holes in posts; Hōling-pick, a pick used in under-cutting coal.—A hole in one's coat, a stain on a person's reputation; Put a person in a hole, to put him in a position from which he cannot easily extricate himself; Toad in the hole, meat baked in batter, &c. [A.S. hol, a hole, cavern; Dut. hol, Dan. hul, Ger. hohl, hollow; conn. with Gr. koilos, hollow.] -
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adj. (Spens.) whole
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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hole
A clear open space amongst ice in the Arctic seas.
