holes

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/həʊlz/ English

Definitions

noun

A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.“There’s a hole in my shoe. Her stocking has a hole in it.”
(heading) In games.
An excavation pit or trench.
A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.“I have found a hole in your argument.”

verb

To make holes in (an object or surface).“Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.”
(by extension) To destroy.“She completely holed the argument.”
To go into a hole.
To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.“Woods holed a standard three foot putt”

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Synonyms

SCU SHU ad-seg administrative segregation block box cooler hotbox lockdown pound security housing unit special handling unit hollow trap fix jam pickle maw

Associated

hawking birdie hole tee par dusk galaxies bored gravitational strokes clubhouse dug

Rhymes

soles extols knolls goals souls proles fumaroles bowls controls moles

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