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- DictionaryHole/hōl/
noun
- 1. a hollow place in a solid body or surface: "he dug out a small hole in the snow"
- 2. a small or unpleasant place: informal "she had wasted a whole lifetime in this hole of a town"
verb
- 1. make a hole or holes in: "a fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started"
- 2. hit (the ball) so that it falls into a hole: "alternate shots from each partner until the ball is holed"
Definition of hole noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A hole isn't just a hollow space dug out of the ground or punched out of something. When you're talking casually with friends, you can also call a place that's small or dumpy a hole , like a rundown town or a really tiny apartment.
5 days ago · hole, cavity, excavation refer to a hollow place in anything. hole is the common word for this idea: a hole in turf. cavity is a more formal or scientific term for a hollow within the body or in a substance, whether with or without a passage outward: a cavity in a tooth; the cranial cavity.
Hole definition, an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock. See more.
B1. a hollow space in something, or an opening in a surface: a bullet hole. There's a hole in the roof. We dug a hole to plant the tree. Fewer examples. I've mended that hole in your skirt for you. They blasted a hole in the rock face. The nail had torn a hole in my skirt. He dropped his cigarette and burnt a hole in his jacket.
Britannica Dictionary definition of HOLE. 1. [count] : an opening into or through something. I have a hole in my sock. He fixed the hole in the roof. a bullet hole. [+] more examples. 2. [count] a : a hollow place in the ground. The dog dug a deep/shallow hole. — see also foxhole, swimming hole, water hole.
an opening through something; gap: a hole in the roof. a hollow place in a solid mass; cavity: a hole in the ground. a place dug out by an animal to live in; burrow: a rabbit hole. a cramped, small, uncomfortable, unpleasant place to live in: living in an awful hole downtown. an embarrassing position or predicament. a fault;
