Thesaurus: hole

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1. a. Whole.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. n. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.
5. n. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
6. v. i. To go or get into a hole.
7. n. an opening into or through something
8. n. an opening deliberately made in or through something
9. n. one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
10. n. an unoccupied space
11. n. a depression hollowed out of solid matter
12. n. informal terms for a difficult situation