Hole

Quick meaning: Hole is a noun meaning A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.

Meaning

A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.

More Meanings

1. An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
2. (heading) In games.
3. (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
4. (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
5. (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
6. (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
7. (slang, vulgar) Any bodily orifice.

Example Sentences

I have found a hole in your argument.

The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid.

There’s a hole in my shoe. Her stocking has a hole in it.

I made a blind hole in the wall for a peg. I dug a hole and planted a tree in it.

Word Forms

• holes
• holing
• holed
• holer
• holest

Synonyms for hole

Depending on context, synonyms include ad-seg, block, box, cooler, hotbox, lockdown.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hollow, trap, fix, jam, pickle, maw.

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