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1. An opening into or through something
    
2. An opening deliberately made in or through something
    
3. One playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
   "he played 18 holes";
   - golf hole
    
4. An unoccupied space
    
5. A depression hollowed out of solid matter
   - hollow
    
6. A fault
   "he shot holes in my argument"
    
7. [informal] The quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
   - difficulty, difficultness, fix [informal], jam [informal], mess [informal], muddle [informal], pickle [informal], kettle of fish [informal]
    
8. [informal] The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
   - mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, trap [informal], cakehole [Brit, informal], maw [informal], yap [N. Amer, informal], gob [Brit, informal], kisser [informal]
    
9. [informal] An unpleasant place
   - dump [informal]

1. (golf) hit the ball into the hole
   - hole out
    
2. Make holes in

Sounds like: hold, hohole, w

Derived forms: holes, holed, holing

See also: difficult, hard

Type of: core out, defect, depression, fault, flaw, gap, hit, hollow, hollow out, natural depression, opening, period of play, play, playing period, quality, rima, space

Part of: golf course, links course, mouth

Encyclopedia: Hole, Martin