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hole
həʊl Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a hollow place in a solid body or surface.
    E.g. the dog had dug a hole in the ground
  • a place or position that needs to be filled because someone or something is no longer there.
    E.g. she is missed terribly and her death has left a hole in all our lives
  • an unpleasant place.
    E.g. she had wasted a whole lifetime in this hole of a town
verb
  • make a hole or holes in.
    E.g. a fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started
  • hit (the ball) into a hole.
    E.g. George holed a six-iron shot from the fairway

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