hole

noun
UK: /həʊl/
US: /hoʊl/

  1. An opening through something.

    1. There is a hole in my sock now. [ ] [ ]
    2. The dog dug a deep hole in the garden to bury its bone. [ ] [ ]

  2. A hollow place in a surface.

    1. The golf ball went into the hole easily. [ ] [ ]
    2. After the storm, there was a big hole where the tree had been. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

opening cavity aperture hollow gap pit
hole verb

  1. To make a hole in something.

    1. The bullet holed the door. [ ] [ ]
    2. Carefully hole the paper so you can thread the ribbon through. [ ] [ ]
hole transitive-verb

  1. To create a hole.

    1. They need to hole the wall to fix the pipes. [ ] [ ]
    2. He tried to hole the metal sheet with a drill. [ ] [ ]
hole intransitive-verb

  1. To go or end up in a hole.

    1. The worm holed up in the ground. [ ] [ ]
    2. The rabbit will hole up to avoid the fox. [ ] [ ]
hole idiom

  1. A difficult or unpleasant situation.

    1. They are in a financial hole now. [ ] [ ]
    2. The company is in a deep hole after the scandal. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "hole" in English means: An opening through something., A hollow place in a surface..

The phonetic transcription of "hole" is /həʊl/ in British English and /hoʊl/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "hole": opening, cavity, aperture, hollow, gap, pit.

Example usage of "hole": "There is a hole in my sock now.". More examples on the page.