hole

Nouns

  • (n) an opening into or through something
  • (n) an opening deliberately made in or through something
  • (n) one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
    • he played 18 holes
    golf hole,
  • (n) an unoccupied space
  • (n) a depression hollowed out of solid matter hollow,
  • (n) a fault
    • he shot holes in my argument
  • (n) informal terms for a difficult situation
    • he got into a terrible fix
    • he made a muddle of his marriage
    fix, kettle of fish, jam, mess, muddle, pickle,
  • (n) informal terms for the mouth cakehole, maw, yap, gob, trap,

Verbs

  • (v) hit the ball into the hole hole out,
  • (v) make holes in

Synonyms

hole out golf hole hollow fix kettle of fish jam mess muddle pickle cakehole maw yap gob trap

Words of close approximity

hold holy
hob hod hoe hog hop hot hoy
hoar hoax hobo hock Hodr hogg Hoka hold holy home homo homy hone honk hood hoof hook hoop hoot hope Hopi hops horn hose host Hoth hour Howe howl hoya
hole-and-corner hole card hole-in-corner hole-in-the-wall hole out hole up holey