hole
1. an opening into or through something (Freq. 12)
• Derivationally related forms:
holey
• Hypernyms:
opening, gap
• Hyponyms:
aperture, bolt-hole, bullet hole, cranny, leak,
ozone hole, perforation, rathole, knothole
2. an opening deliberately made in or through something (Freq. 9)
• Hypernyms:
opening
• Hyponyms:
air hole, armhole, bunghole, buttonhole, button hole,
countersink, cup, ear hole, eye, eyelet, eyehole,
finger hole, hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe, keyhole, loophole,
lubber's hole, manhole, mortise, mortice, mouth hole, nail hole,
peephole, spyhole, perforation, plughole, posthole, post hole,
post hole, sound hole, thumbhole, vent, venthole,
vent-hole, blowhole
3. one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course (Freq. 5)
- he played 18 holes
• Syn:
golf hole
• Hypernyms:
playing period, period of play, play
• Hyponyms:
dogleg
• Part Holonyms:
golf course, links course
4. an unoccupied space (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
space
• Hyponyms:
pore
5. a depression hollowed out of solid matter (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
hollow
• Derivationally related forms:
hollow (for: hollow)
• Hypernyms:
natural depression, depression
• Hyponyms:
burrow, tunnel, gopher hole, kettle hole, kettle,
kettle, cavity, pothole, chuckhole, rabbit burrow,
rabbit hole, wormhole
6. a fault
- he shot holes in my argument
• Hypernyms:
defect, fault, flaw
7. informal terms for a difficult situation
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
• Syn:
fix, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
• Hypernyms:
difficulty
• Hyponyms:
dog's breakfast, dog's dinner
8. informal terms for the mouth
• Syn:
trap, cakehole, maw, yap, gob
• Hypernyms:
mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
1. hit the ball into the hole
• Syn:
hole out
• Topics:
golf, golf game
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: hole out)
2. make holes in
• Hypernyms:
hollow, hollow out, core out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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