hole
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- pronunciation:
- hol
- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A hole is an open or empty space in something. When you dig in the ground in your yard or in the sand at the beach, you are making a hole. A hole can also be something like a place in your pocket that lets your candy or money fall through!
Our neighbor's dog dug a hole in our backyard.When Hannah pressed down hard on her pencil, she made a hole in her paper.Josh made a face in the pumpkin by cutting holes for two eyes, a nose, and a mouth.- synonyms:
- cavity, hollow, opening, pit
- similar words:
- cave, crater, gap, pocket, rip
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| definition 2: |
A hole is an error or weakness in something. When there is a hole in what someone is saying, it means that something is wrong or doesn't make sense in it.
He was trying to convince her, but she didn't agree with him because she saw holes in his argument.- synonyms:
- defect, fault, flaw, weakness
- similar words:
- error
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| related words: |
eye, leak, pit, tear |
The words
hole and
whole (entire) sound alike but have different meanings.