hole

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /həʊl/, SAMPA: /h@Ul/
• (US) enPR: hōl, IPA ^(key): /hoʊl/, SAMPA: /hoUl/

• Audio (US)

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Homophones

• whole (with certain accents)

Noun

Singular hole

Plural holes

A hole in the rock

1. (countable) A hole is an empty space in an object or material.

   He fell into the water through a hole in the ice.

   They dug a hole in the ground for the tree.

2. (countable) In golf, a hole is the place you tried to hit the ball into.

   It took four shots to get the ball in the hole.