hole

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An opening or empty space in a solid object or surface.

   There is a hole in my shoe.

2. 2
   noun

   A hollow place dug in the ground.

   I dug a hole and planted a tree in it.

3. 3
   noun

   A fault or weak point in an argument or plan.

   I found a hole in your argument.

Common collocations

• deep hole Adjective + noun
• dig a hole Verb + noun
• fill a hole Verb + noun
• drill a hole Verb + noun
• punch a hole Verb + noun
• gaping hole Adjective + noun

Various origins: * English topographic surname for someone who lived by a depression, from Old English holh (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulwī, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją. * Borrowed from Norwegian Hole, a habitational surname from Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”). * Shortened form of Dutch van Hole, a habitational surname from hol (“hole, depression, cavity”).

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