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hole
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- pronunciation:
- hol
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- in the hole
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an opening or hollow cavity in something.
- synonyms:
- bore, cavity, excavation, hollow, opening, pit
- similar words:
- aperture, boring, breach, cave, chuckhole, crater, foramen, gap, orifice, pocket, puncture, rip
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| definition 2: |
an animal's burrow.
- synonyms:
- burrow, tunnel
- similar words:
- den, lair
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| definition 3: |
an isolated cell in a prison.
- synonyms:
- dungeon, solitary, tank
- similar words:
- brig, cell, cooler
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| definition 4: |
an error or weakness; fault.
a hole in his theory- synonyms:
- defect, fault, flaw, weakness
- similar words:
- contradiction, discrepancy, error, fallacy, illogic
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| definition 5: |
a position of serious disadvantage.
The loss put him in a hole.- synonyms:
- bind, box, hot water, predicament
- similar words:
- Catch-22, corner, debt, dilemma, double bind, pickle, pinch, plight, quandary, strait
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| definition 6: |
a small deep pool in a stream.
- synonyms:
- pool
- similar words:
- pothole, swimming hole
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| related words: |
bowl, broach, cache, chasm, depression, eye, leak, lie, lodge, pit, tear, void |
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| phrase: |
in the hole |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
holes, holing, holed |
| definition 1: |
to make or put a hole in.
- synonyms:
- bore, dig, drill, excavate, perforate, pierce, puncture, scoop
- similar words:
- burrow, cave, pit
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| definition 2: |
in golf, to hit (the ball) into the cup.
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| related words: |
bore |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to make a hole.
- synonyms:
- bore, burrow, dig, drill, excavate, perforate, pierce
- similar words:
- pit, scoop
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| related words: |
drill |
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The words hole and whole (entire) sound alike but have different meanings.
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