| query | A h___ is an opening in something that goes right through it.A hole is an opening in something that goes right through it. These tiresome creatures eat holes in the leaves. Armed robbers broke into the jeweller's through a hole in the wall. ...kids with holes in the knees of their jeans. |
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| word | hole |
| full-definition | noun A hole is a hollow space in something solid, with an opening on one side. He took a shovel, dug a hole, and buried his once-prized possessions. The builders had cut holes into the soft stone to support the ends of the beams. ...a 60ft hole. A hole is an opening in something that goes right through it. These tiresome creatures eat holes in the leaves. Armed robbers broke into the jeweller's through a hole in the wall. ...kids with holes in the knees of their jeans. A hole is the home or hiding place of a mouse, rabbit, or other small animal. ...a rabbit hole. A hole in a law, theory, or argument is a fault or weakness that it has. There were some holes in that theory, some unanswered questions. If you refer to a place as a hole, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unpleasant . Why don't you leave this awful hole and come to live with me? A hole is also one of the nine or eighteen sections of a golf course. I played nine holes with Gary today. A hole is one of the places on a golf course that the ball must drop into, usually marked by a flag . verb If you hole in a game of golf, you hit the ball so that it goes into the hole. He holed from nine feet at the 18th. Frost holed a bunker shot from 50 feet to snatch the title by one stroke. If something such as a building or ship is holed, holes are made in it by guns or other weapons . Blocks of flats have been holed and some shells have fallen within the historic ramparts. |
| inflections | holesholingholed |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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