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The definition of a hole is a hollow place, opening or break in something.
(noun)An example of a hole is a small opening in the ground that leads to a gopher tunnel.
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See hole in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a hollow or hollowed-out place; cavity; specif.,
- an excavation or pit
- ☆ a small bay or inlet; cove: often in place names
- a pool or deep, relatively wide place in a stream: a swimming hole
- an animal's burrow or lair; den
- a small, dingy, squalid place; any dirty, badly lighted room, house, etc.
- an opening in or through anything; break; gap: a hole in the wall
- a tear or rent, or a place where fabric is worn away, as in a garment
- a flaw; fault; blemish; defect: holes in an argument
- Informal an embarrassing situation or position; predicament
- Golf
- a small, cylindrical cup sunk into a green, into which a ball is to be hit
- any of the distinct sections of a course, including the tee, the fairway, and the green: played the fifth hole in par
- Physics, Electronics a vacancy in a semiconductor, crystal, etc. left by the loss or absence of an electron: in some semiconductors it acts as a carrier of a positive electric charge
Origin: ME < OE hol, orig. neut. of adj. holh, hollow, akin to Ger hohl < IE base *kaul-, *kul-, hollow, hollow stalk > L caulis, Gr kaulos, stalk
See hole in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A hollowed place in something solid; a cavity or pit: dug a hole in the ground with a shovel.
- a. An opening or perforation: a hole in the clouds; had a hole in the elbow of my sweater.b. Sports An opening in a defensive formation, such as the area of a baseball infield between two adjacent fielders.c. A fault or flaw: There are holes in your argument.
- A deep place in a body of water.
- An animal's hollowed-out habitation, such as a burrow.
- An ugly, squalid, or depressing dwelling.
- A deep or isolated place of confinement; a dungeon.
- An awkward situation; a predicament.
- Sports a. The small pit lined with a cup into which a golf ball must be hit.b. One of the divisions of a golf course, from tee to cup.
- Physics A vacant position in a crystal left by the absence of an electron, especially a position in a semiconductor that acts as a carrier of positive electric charge. Also called electron hole.
- To put a hole in.
- To put or propel into a hole.
To make a hole in something.
Phrasal Verbs: hole out Sports To hit a golf ball into the hole. hole up To hibernate in or as if in a hole. Informal To take refuge in or as if in a hideout.Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English hol; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots
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