Middle Hole

Middle Hole

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Ocean Hole

Middle Caicos

The Middle Caicos Ocean Hole. The tiny speck on the blue hole is a boat.

The giant Ocean Hole off the south coast of Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Snorkeling on the edge of the Ocean Hole.

Last reviewed by an editor on 9 April 2022.
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T he Middle Caicos Ocean Hole is found off the south coast of Middle Caicos in the shallow Caicos Banks, and is a 250 foot (76 m) deep geological feature that can clearly be seen by air when flying by Middle Caicos. At nearly 2000 feet (0.6 km) in diameter, the Ocean Hole is by far the largest of the many blue hole features in the Turks and Caicos, and at nearly twice the diameter of the Great Blue Hole of Belize and three times the diameter of Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas, the Middle Caicos Ocean Hole is likely the widest blue hole in the world.

Like nearly all caves and sinkholes in the country, the Ocean Hole was formed by the Karst Process. In previous ages when sea levels were lower, slightly acidic rain water would slowly dissolve the soft limestone of the Turks and Caicos plateau as it made its way to the water table. Because this process happened anywhere rain water puddled, small sinkholes and formations can be seen wherever there's the harder Turks and Caicos limestone, even on the highest points in the islands.

Although not much is known about the Ocean Hole, several expeditions were made out to the site over the last few decades for sounding and diving. It's said that visibility is quite poor and hammerhead sharks abound!

Due to the hole's location, access is difficult. The entire south side of Middle Caicos is mangroves and wetlands with no roads breaking through to the south coast. Ocean depth in the vicinity of the Ocean Hole is also quite shallow. Access is only feasible as a long ride on a small boat that draws very little water.

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1 a

: an opening through something : perforation

The coat has a hole in it. a bullet hole

b

: an area where something is missing

His mother's death left a hole in his life.

: gap : such as

(1)

: a serious discrepancy : flaw , weakness

some holes in your logic

(2)

: an opening in a defensive formation

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

(3)

: 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

2

: a hollowed-out place

a hole in an apple

: such as

a

: a cave, pit, or well in the ground

dug a large hole with a steam shovel

b

: burrow

a rabbit hole

c

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

3 a

: a wretched or dreary place

How could anyone live in such a hole ?

b

: a prison cell especially for solitary confinement

threw him in the hole for two days

4 a
golf

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

b

: a part of the golf course from tee (see tee entry 2 sense 2 ) to putting green

just beginning play on the third hole

also

: the play on such a hole as a unit of scoring

won the hole by two strokes

5 a

: an awkward position or circumstance : fix

got the rebels out of a hole at the battle — Kenneth Roberts

b

: a position of owing or losing money

$10 million in the hole raising money to get out of the hole

1

: having a score below zero

2

: at a disadvantage

1

: to make an opening through or a hollowed-out place in (as by cutting, digging, boring, or shooting at) : to make a hole (see hole entry 1 ) in

The ship was holed along the waterline by enemy fire.

2

: to drive or hit into a hole

hole a putt The dogs holed the fox.

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

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

At the same time, Newsom helped dig his own hole by going after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his despicable stunt of flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard.

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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times , 28 Sep. 2022

The Chicago Bears are tied for the NFC North lead with the Minnesota Vikings at 1-0 while the reigning division champion Green Bay Packers and four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers are looking up from their 0-1 hole .

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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune , 15 Sep. 2022

Alan took a picture of Brandon at their fishing hole .

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Michael Tobin, Fox News , 25 Aug. 2022

If three were to sign, that would mean Matt Wallace, Austin Smotherman (who had his own mishap on his last hole at the Wyndham Championship) and Lower would retain a full card and be exempt for The Players Championship.

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Doug Ferguson, ajc , 23 Aug. 2022

McIlroy went from rough to gallery to fringe to bogey on his last hole for a 69 for only his second missed cut of the year.

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Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Aug. 2022

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Predicting where the sport goes from here is sort of like trying to hole a shot from the fairway.

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Paul Newberry, ajc , 26 Aug. 2022

There's also drill- hole tabs at the base for permanent installation.

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Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2022

Apple is moving to hole -punch displays this year, but the notch replacement isn’t quite as clean as on Android phones.

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Chris Smith, BGR , 6 Apr. 2022

Add a few handfuls of worm castings to hole but no other amendments.

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Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2021

With Cantlay in close, the Spaniard had to hole the chip to have any chance of a playoff.

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BostonGlobe.com , 5 Sep. 2021

Proximity to hole leaders from 175-200 yards include: Collin Morikawa, Charley Hoffman, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland, Abraham Ancer, Daniel Berger, Will Zalatoris and Tony Finau.

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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes , 17 June 2021

Betsy Wentz, founder of Studio B Interior Design, has an office/command center at one of three kitchen islands (more on those later) while her husband, a doctor, can hole away in a study.

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Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 30 July 2020

Brady was the butt of the joke (quite literally when his pants split down the back) until the six-time Super Bowl winner holed -out from the fairway on the Par-5 7th hole in the greatest moment of the event.

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Carolyn Manno, CNN , 25 May 2020

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1

: an opening into or through a thing

2 a

: a hollow place (as a pit or cave)

b

: a deep place in a body of water

trout holes

3

: an underground habitation : burrow

4

: flaw , fault

5 a

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

b

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

6

: a shabby or dingy place

7

: an awkward position : fix

: in a position of owing or losing money

holey
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adjective

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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 .

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

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