hole
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English hol (“‘orifice, hollow place’”), from Proto-Germanic *khulaz, from Proto-Indo-European base *kel-.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /həʊl/, SAMPA: /h@Ul/
- (US) enPR: hōl, IPA: /hoʊl/, SAMPA: /hoUl/
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- Rhymes: -əʊl
- Homophones: whole (depends on accent)
[edit] Noun
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hole (plural holes)
- A open hollow spot in a surface; a cavity
- An opening in a solid
- There’s a hole in my bucket.
- (golf) 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.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- I played 18 holes yesterday. The second hole today cost me three strokes over par.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figuratively) A weakness, a flaw
- I have found a hole in your argument.
- (informal) A container or receptacle
- car hole; brain hole
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit
- (anatomy, slang) An orifice, in particular the anus
- (informal) The place where a prisoner is kept; a cell; a lockup.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel
- His apartment is a hole!
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from hole (noun)
[edit] Translations
hollow in some surface
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opening in a solid
weakness, flaw
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lack of an electron
security vulnerability
orifice
place where a prisoner is kept
undesirable place
portion of a game of golf
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[edit] Verb
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to hole (third-person singular simple present holes, present participle holing, simple past and past participle holed)
- (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
- Shrapnel holed the ship’s hull.
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to make holes
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