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hole
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noun
His mother's death left a hole in his life.
a running back's ability to find holes in the defensive line

especially

: the area of a baseball field between the positions of shortstop and third baseman

: a defect in a crystal (as of a semiconductor ) that is due to an electron's having left its normal position in one of the crystal bonds and that is equivalent in many respects to a positively charged particle

dug a large hole with a steam shovel

: an unusually deep place in a body of water (such as a river)

How could anyone live in such a hole ?

golf

: a shallow cylindrical hole or hollowed-out place in the putting green of a golf course into which the ball is played

just beginning play on the third hole
got the rebels out of a hole at the battle Kenneth Roberts
raising money to get out of the hole
The ship was holed along the waterline by enemy fire.

: to make an opening through or a hollowed-out place in something : to make a hole in something

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Noun

I have a hole in my sock.

He fixed the hole in the roof.

a mouse hole in the wall

The dog dug a deep hole .

Her putt rolled right into the hole .

She made a birdie on the seventh hole .

The course has 18 holes .

Verb

She holed a long putt for a birdie.

holed the target with a round of shots

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a square peg in a round hole
ace in the hole
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air hole
hidey - hole
black hole
finger hole
five - hole
bolt - hole
funk hole
hole card
hidy - hole
dry hole
hole - in - the - wall
hole in one
hole - and - corner
hole out
hole up
nineteenth hole
ozone hole
lubber's hole
sound hole
rip a hole
rabbit hole
shot hole
toad - in - the - hole
the hole
swimming hole
top - hole
white hole
water hole
weep hole
watering hole
pie hole
like a hole in the head
shut your pie hole
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a square peg in a round hole
ace in the hole
a - hole
air hole
hidey - hole
black hole
finger hole
five - hole
bolt - hole
funk hole
hole card
hidy - hole
dry hole
hole - in - the - wall
hole in one
hole - and - corner
hole out
hole up
nineteenth hole
ozone hole
lubber's hole
sound hole
rip a hole
rabbit hole
shot hole
toad - in - the - hole
the hole
swimming hole
top - hole
white hole
water hole
weep hole
watering hole
pie hole
like a hole in the head
shut your pie hole
in the hole

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: an opening into or through a thing

: a hollow place (as a pit or cave)

: an underground habitation : burrow

: the shallow cup into which the ball is played in golf

: a part of a golf course from the tee to the putting green

: in a position of owing or losing money

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These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hole.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback .

Middle English hole, holle, going back to Old English hol "hollow place, cave, pit," noun derivative from neuter of hol "hollow, deeply concave, sunken," going back to Germanic *hula- (whence also Old Saxon & Old High German hol "hollow," Old Norse holr ), probably going back to Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (with assumed shortening of pretonic vowel), zero-grade derivative of a base *ḱeu̯H- "hollow," whence, with varying ablaut and suffixation, Greek koîlos, kóïlos "hollow, deep" (from *ḱou̯H-ilo- ), Latin cavus "hollow, concave" (from *ḱou̯H-o- ), Middle Irish cúa "hollow space, cavity," Middle Welsh ceu "hollow, empty" (both from *ḱou̯H-i̯o- ?), Old Church Slavic sui "vain, empty" (from *ḱou̯H-i̯o- )

Middle English holen, going back to Old English holian, derivative of hol hole entry 1
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

“Hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole. Accessed 14 Oct. 2022.
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