hole

🇺🇸 /həʊl/ 🇬🇧 /həʊl/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
A2

A hollow space in something solid or on a surface.

Water filled the hole in the road.

A2

An opening that goes through something.

She made a hole in the paper.

R

The home of a small animal.

Alice fell down a rabbit hole.

R

An unpleasant place to live or be.

I won't raise my child in this hole.

R

A hollow in the ground for golf balls; part of a golf course.

The ball went into the hole.

R

A fault or weakness in something.

There were holes in their plan.

R

A place or position that needs to be filled.

Her departure left a hole in his life.

verb
R

To make a hole or holes in something, like a boat.

The boat was holed by rocks.

R

To hit a golf ball into the hole.

She holed the ball from far away.

translation

n. A hollow space in something solid or on a surface.; An opening that goes through something.; The home of a small animal.; An unpleasant place to live or be.; A hollow in the ground for golf balls; part of a golf course.; A fault or weakness in something.; A place or position that needs to be filled.
v. To make a hole or holes in something, like a boat.; To hit a golf ball into the hole.

Word Forms

Plural holes
Progressive holing
Past holed
Perfect holed
3rd Present holes