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Meaning
Noun
●
A
hollow
place or
cavity
; an
excavation
; a
pit
; a
dent
; a
depression
; a fissure.
●
An
opening
that
goes all the way
through a
solid
body, a
fabric
, etc.; a
perforation
; a rent.
●
In Golf:
In games.
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.
The part of
a game
in which a
player
attempts
to
hit
the
ball
into one of the holes.
●
In Baseball:
In games.
The
rear
portion
of the
defensive
team between the
shortstop
and the
third
baseman.
●
In Chess:
In games.
A
square on
the
board
, with some
positional
significance
, that a
player
does not, and cannot in
the future
, control with a
friendly
pawn.
●
In games.
A
card
(also called a
hole card
)
dealt
face down
thus
unknown
to
all but
its
holder
; the
status
in which such a
card
is.
In
the game
of
fives
, part of the
floor
of the
court
between the
step
and the pepperbox.
●
In Archaeology:
An
excavation
pit
or trench.
●
A
weakness
; a
flaw
or ambiguity.
●
A
container
or receptacle.
●
In Physics:
In
semiconductors
, a
lack
of an
electron
in an
occupied
band
behaving
like a
positively
charged
particle.
●
In Computing:
A security
vulnerability
in
software
which can be
taken
advantage
of by an exploit.
●
In Anatomy:
An
orifice
,
in particular
the
anus
. When used with
shut it
always
refers
to the mouth.
●
In Irish English & Scottish English:
Sex, or a
sex
partner.
●
In Prison:
Solitary
confinement
, a high-security
prison cell
often used as punishment.
●
An
undesirable
place to
live
or visit.
●
Difficulty,
in particular
, debt.
●
In Graph theory:
A
chordless
cycle
in a graph.
●
In Rail transportation:
A
passing loop
; a
siding
provided
for
trains
traveling
in
opposite
directions
on a
single-track
line
to
pass
each other.
Verb
●
To make
holes
in (an
object
or surface).
●
To destroy.
●
To
go into
a hole.
●
To
drive
into a
hole
, as an
animal
, or a
billiard ball
or
golf
ball
.
●
To
cut
,
dig
, or
bore
a
hole
or
holes
in.
Adj
●
Obsolete
spelling
of whole.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
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Synonyms
Hole
Box
Ad-Seg
Block
Cooler
Hotbox
Lockdown
Pound
Whole
Dyke
Orifice
Weakness
Opening
Jail
Shu
Break
Interstice
Gap
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Related
Pit
Tunnel
Cavity
Divot
Crater
Trench
Tube
Pipe
Crevice
Gash
Cave
Needle
Bucket
Puddle
Slit
Groove
Box
Crack
Notch
Pocket
Nozzle
Wall
Sock
Drill
Ball
Slot
Nail
Surface
Screw
Circle
Cylinder
Shaft
Wedge
Barrel
Bung
Plate
Wire
Corner
Ring
Drilling
Blade
Hollow
Spot
Rod
Bottom
Bowl
Punch
Toilet
Tank
Void
Auger
Joint
Electron
Pin
Valve
Cage
Strip
Drain Pipe
Sump Pit
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Rhymes
Sol
Mol
Pole
Toll
Soul
Kohl
Bole
Dole
Bowl
Nole
Cole
Sole
Vole
Role
Hole
Mole
Sowl
Joel
Goal
Dole
Pole
Boll
Foal
Coal
Dhole
Droll
Thole
Troll
Shoal
Swole
Whole
Stole
Seoul
Parole
Patrol
Stroll
Scroll
Cajole
Console
Condole
Bricole
Barcarole
Carmagnole
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