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The Meaning of sole
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(n.) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.
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(n.) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.
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(n.) The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
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(n.) The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
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(n.) The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
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(n.) The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.
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(n.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
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(n.) The bottom of an embrasure.
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(n.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
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(n.) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
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(v. t.) To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
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(a.) Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.
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(a.) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
Synonyms
fillet of sole
,
resole
,
exclusive
,
lone
,
lonesome
,
only
,
solitary
Homophones
seoul
,
sohl
,
soul
,
sowle
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
,
hole
,
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
,
soul
,
sowle
,
stole
,
stoll
,
strohl
,
strole
,
stroll
,
tadpole
,
thoele
,
thole
,
toal
,
toelle
,
tole
,
toll
,
troll
,
voell
,
walpole
,
whole
,
woehl
,
wohl