Hole

Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Related terms 2.2 Translations 3 Transitive verb 3.3 Related phrases

Pronunciation

• hōl, /həʊl/, /h@Ul/

  Homophones: whole (depends on accent)

1. a hollow in some surface

   Watch out for that hole in the ground.

2. an opening in some solid

   There's a hole in my bucket.

3. a weakness

   I have found a hole in your argument.

4. (Golf) the portion of a game in which the players attempt to hit the ball into a particular hole.

   I played 18 holes yesterday.

5. (Physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.

• holey
• hole in one
• fox-hole, fox hole, foxhole
• man-hole, manhole
• mouse-hole, mousehole
• toad-in-the-hole

• Basque: uts, huskune
• Chinese Characters: 洞
• Chinese: 洞
• Dutch: holte f (1), put m (1), kuil m (1), gat n (2), opening f (2)
• Esperanto: kavo (1), truo (2)
• Finnish: reikä (1, 2, 4), aukko (3)
• French: trou m (1,2), faille f (3)
• German: Loch n
• Hebrew: חור m
• Japanese: 穴 (あな, ana)
• Polish: dziura f (1,5), otwór m (2), luka f (3), dołek m (4)
• Português: buraco m, cova f
• Romanian: gaură f, deschizătură f
• Spanish: hueco m
• Swedish: hål n
• Turkish: çukur (1), delik (2)