holenoun [ C ]
uk/həʊl/us/hoʊl/hole noun [ C ] (SPACE)
B1 an empty space in an object, usually with an opening to the object's surface, or an opening that goes completely through an object:
in golf, one of the small circular spaces in the ground into which the ball is hit
in golf, one of the usually 18 areas of play:
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- Could you mend this hole in my shirt?
- Oil was trickling from a tiny hole in the tank.
- Drill three holes in the wall for the screws.
- There's a hole in the roof that lets in water when it rains.
- The prisoners are made to dig holes and fill them in again.
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Holes, hollows and dips
- aperture
- cleft
- cranny
- dent
- depression
- dint
- dip
- donga
- eyehole
- intake
- orifice
- perforation
- piercing
- pinhole
- porosity
- porous
- puncture
- riddled
- tear 1
- wormhole
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hole noun [ C ] (PLACE)
a place in the ground where a small animal lives:
informal a small unpleasant place where someone lives:
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Animal dwellings - natural
- anthill
- arboreal
- biome
- burrow
- byre
- cobweb
- den
- earth
- habitat
- house
- lair
- litter
- lodge
- molehill
- nest
- niche
- rookery
- roost
- web
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hole noun [ C ] (FAULT)
a mistake or problem in an argument, discussion, plan, etc.:
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Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- chink
- clinker
- errata
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- irregularity
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
- solecism
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Idiom(s)
holeverb [ T ]
uk/həʊl/us/hoʊl/specializedto make a hole in something, especially a ship or boat:
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Making holes in things
- bore
- breach
- dent
- drill
- gouge
- perforate
- perforated
- pierce
- piercing
- prick
- probe
- punch
- puncture
- riddle