definition of the word hole

Old English hol (“‘orifice, hollow place’”), from Proto-Germanic *khulaz, from Proto-Indo-European base *kel-.

• (RP) IPA: /həʊl/, SAMPA: /h@Ul/
• (US) enPR: hōl, IPA: /hoʊl/, SAMPA: /hoUl/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -əʊl
• Homophones: whole (depends on accent)

hole (plural holes)

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1. a hollow in a surface

   Get some popcorn out of that popcorn bucket hole.

2. an opening in a solid

   There’s a hole in my bucket.

3. a weakness, a flaw

   I have found a hole in your argument.

4. (golf) the portion of a game in which the players attempt to hit the ball into a particular hole.

   I played 18 holes yesterday.

5. (informal) a container or receptacle

   car hole; brain hole

6. (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
7. (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit
8. (anatomy, slang) An orifice, in particular the anus
9. (informal) The place where a prisoner is kept
10. (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit

    Don’t go there, that place is a hole!

11. (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive seam between the shortstop and the third baseman.

    The shortstop ranged deam into the hole to make the stop.

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