1. An opening into or through something
   "The mouse disappeared into a hole in the wall"
    
2. An opening deliberately made in or through something
   "They drilled a hole in the wall to run the cable through"
    
3. A depression hollowed out of solid matter
   "The woodpecker made a hole in the tree trunk";
   - hollow
    
4. An unoccupied space
   "There was a hole in the middle of the donut"
    
5. One playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
   "he played 18 holes"; "It took him three strokes to complete the golf hole";
   - golf hole
    
6. A fault
   "he shot holes in my argument"
    
7. [informal] The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
   "The dentist told him to open his hole wider";
   - mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, trap [informal], cakehole [Brit, informal], maw [informal], yap [N. Amer, informal], gob [Brit, informal], kisser [informal]
    
8. [informal] A problematic situation or predicament
   "The company found itself in a financial hole";
   - fix [informal], jam [informal], mess [informal], muddle [informal], pickle [informal], kettle of fish [informal], difficulty
    
9. [informal] An unpleasant place
   "This restaurant is a real hole";
   - dump [informal]

1. Make holes in
   "The carpenter holed the board for the screws"
    
2. (golf) hit the ball into the hole
   "She holed out from 20 feet for a birdie";
   - hole out

Sounds like: hold, hohole, w

Derived forms: holing, holed, holes

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

Part of: golf course, links course, mouth

Encyclopedia: Hole, Martin