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The Meaning of hole

  • (a.) Whole.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation.
  • (n.) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.
  • (n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
  • (v. i.) To go or get into a hole.

Synonyms

maw , trap , golf hole , cakehole , jam , muddle , yap , pickle , gob , fix , hollow , kettle of fish , mess , holler , tidy sum , smother , peck , mint , crush , plenty , lot , location , locating , localisation , raft , quite a little , passel , mare's nest , press , pile , muckle , fixture , mend , electronic jamming , good deal , fixing , mending , sight , deal , flock , stack , fuddle , wad , messiness , hatful , mickle , heap , great deal , repair , clutter , mess hall , mass , jamming , batch , mountain , welter , spate , mussiness , slew , localization , jumble , muss , reparation , pot , seafarer , snare , sand trap , tar , old salt , sea dog , mariner , lying in wait , seaman , ambush , ambuscade , bunker , hole out

Homophones

hoel , hohl , whole

Rhymes

amphibole , anatole , atoll , bankroll , blowhole , boal , boehl , bohl , bole , boll , bowl , buol , buttonhole , cajole , casserole , charcoal , coal , coale , cole , colle , console , control , cubbyhole , decontrol , devaul , dhole , dipole , doell , dole , droll , ecole , enroll , espanol , extol , fishbowl , flagpole , foal , foale , fohl , foxhole , glycerol , glycol , goal , gohl , groll , hoel , hohl , interpol , keyhole , knoell , knoll , koehl , koelle , kohl , kol , kole , lodgepole , loophole , madole , manhole , mcdole , metropol , mohl , mole , monopole , nicole , nicolle , nohl , nole , noll , ohl , ole , oriole , pajole , parole , patrol , payroll , pfohl , pigeonhole , pinhole , pistole , poehl , pohl , pole , poll , pothole , redpoll , rock-and-roll , roehl , roell , roelle , rohl , rol , role , roll , rolle , schaul , scroll , self-control , seoul , shoal , shole , sinkhole , skoal , sohl , sole , soul , sowle , stole , stoll , strohl , strole , stroll , tadpole , thoele , thole , toal , toelle , tole , toll , troll , voell , walpole , whole , woehl , wohl