## Meanings
1. An opening or empty space in a solid object or surface.
2. A hollow place dug in the ground.
3. A fault or weak point in an argument or plan.

## Examples
- There is a hole in my shoe.
- I dug a hole and planted a tree in it.
- I found a hole in your argument.

## Derived Forms
- a-hole
- airhole
- anthole
- antihole
- armhole
- arrow-hole
- arsehole
- ash-hole
- asshole
- beanhole
- bench-hole
- black-hole

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: holh
- Root: *hulwī
- Root: *hulwiją
- Root: Hole
- Root: hóll
- Root: van Hole

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Hole: 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”). In current use, the main senses are “An opening or empty space in a solid object or surface” and “A hollow place dug in the ground”.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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