Definition of hole

"hole" in the noun sense

1. hole

an opening into or through something

2. hole

an opening deliberately made in or through something

3. hole, golf hole

one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course

"he played 18 holes"

4. hole

an unoccupied space

5. hole, hollow

a depression hollowed out of solid matter

6. hole

a fault

"he shot holes in my argument"

7. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish

informal terms for a difficult situation

"he got into a terrible fix"

"he made a muddle of his marriage"

8. trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob

informal terms for the mouth

"hole" in the verb sense

1. hole, hole out

hit the ball into the hole

2. hole

make holes in

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Quotations for hole

What subtle hole is this? [ William Shakespeare ]

The hole calls the thief. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Better a patch than a hole. [ German Proverb ]

One may see day at a little hole. [ Proverb ]

Do in the hole as you would do in the hall. [ Proverb ]

A mouse that has only one hole is soon taken. [ French Proverb ]

He's a proud fox that will not dig his own hole. [ Proverb ]

What should be spoken here, where our fate,
Hid within an auger-hole, may rush, and seize us? [ William Shakespeare ]

Listen at a hole, and ye'll hear news o' yoursel'. [ Scotch Proverb ]

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heir. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The mouse that hath but one hole, is easily caught. [ Proverb ]

Listen at the hole and you will hear news of yourself. [ Proverb ]

To spare at a spigot, and let run out at the bung-hole. [ Proverb ]

Like Banbury tinkers, that mend one hole and make three. [ Proverb ]

80% of the balls that don't reach the hole, don't go in. [ Yogi Berra, on golf ]

He has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into. [ Proverb ]

There is no law but has in it a hole for him who can find it. [ German Proverb ]

Take heed of wind that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled enemy. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole. [ Balzac ]

When a man's coat is thread-bare, it is an easy thing to pick a hole in it. [ Proverb ]

hole in Scrabble®

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

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hole in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of hole

2 letter words in hole (4 words)

3 letter words in hole (1 word)

4 letter words in hole (1 word)

Words containing the sequence hole

Words that start with hole (6 words)

Words with hole in them (223 words)

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Word Growth involving hole

Shorter words in hole

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Longer words containing hole

absinthole

airhole airholes

armhole armholes

blockhole blockholed

blockhole blockholer blockholers

blockhole blockholes

bolthole boltholes

borehole boreholes

breathinghole breathingholes

bullethole bulletholes

buttonhole buttonholed

buttonhole buttonholer buttonholers

buttonhole buttonholes

cholecalciferol

cholecyanin

cholecyst angiocholecystites

cholecyst angiocholecystitic

cholecyst cholecystecomy

cholecyst cholecystectomies

cholecyst cholecystectomy postcholecystectomy

cholecyst cholecystenterorrhaphies

cholecyst cholecystenterorrhaphy

cholecyst cholecystenterostomies

cholecyst cholecystenterostomy

cholecyst cholecystenterotomies

cholecyst cholecystenterotomy

cholecyst cholecystgastrostomies

cholecyst cholecystgastrostomy

cholecyst cholecystic

cholecyst cholecystis

cholecyst cholecystitis angiocholecystitis

cholecyst cholecystitis cholecystitises

cholecyst cholecystitis pyopneumocholecystitis

cholecyst cholecystnephrostomies

cholecyst cholecystnephrostomy

cholecyst cholecystocolostomies

cholecyst cholecystocolostomy

cholecyst cholecystocolotomy

cholecyst cholecystocutaneous

cholecyst cholecystoduodenostomies

cholecyst cholecystoduodenostomy

cholecyst cholecystoenterostomy

cholecyst cholecystogastrostomies

cholecyst cholecystogastrostomy

cholecyst cholecystogram cholecystograms

cholecyst cholecystograph cholecystographies

cholecyst cholecystograph cholecystographs

cholecyst cholecystograph cholecystography

cholecyst cholecystoileostomies

cholecyst cholecystoileostomy

cholecyst cholecystojejunostomies

cholecyst cholecystojejunostomy

cholecyst cholecystokinin cholecystokinins

cholecyst cholecystolithiases

cholecyst cholecystolithiasis

cholecyst cholecystolithotripsy

cholecyst cholecystonephrostomies

cholecyst cholecystonephrostomy

cholecyst cholecystopathy

cholecyst cholecystopexy

cholecyst cholecystorrhaphies

cholecyst cholecystorrhaphy

cholecyst cholecystostomies duodenocholecystostomies

cholecyst cholecystostomy duodenocholecystostomy

cholecyst cholecystotomies

cholecyst cholecystotomy

cholecyst cholecysts

choleic

cholelith cholelithiases

cholelith cholelithiasis

cholelith cholelithic

cholelith cholelithotomies

cholelith cholelithotomy

cholelith cholelithotripsy

cholera

choleric uncholeric

choleuria

chughole chugholes

coalhole coalholes

cubbyhole cubbyholes

dhole dholes feedholes

dhole dholes mudholes

dhole feedhole feedholes

downhole

eyehole eyeholes

fingerhole fingerholes

foxhole foxholes

gullyhole gullyholes

gunkhole gunkholed

gunkhole gunkholes

hawsehole hawseholes

hellhole hellholes

holed blockholed

holed buttonholed

holed choledochal

holed choledochi

holed choledocholithiasis

holed choledochostomies

holed choledochostomy

holed duodenocholedochotomies

holed duodenocholedochotomy

holed gunkholed

holed pigeonholed

holed potholed unpotholed

holed snakeholed

holed wormholed

holes airholes

holes armholes

holes blockholes

holes boltholes

holes boreholes

holes breathingholes

holes bulletholes

holes buttonholes

holes cholescintigraphy

holes cholestases

holes cholestasis

holes cholestatic

holes cholesteric

holes cholesterinuria

holes cholesterogenesis

holes cholesterol anticholesterol

holes cholesterol cholesterolaemia cholesterolaemias hypercholesterolaemias

holes cholesterol cholesterolaemia hypercholesterolaemia hypercholesterolaemias

holes cholesterol cholesterolemia cholesterolemias hypercholesterolemias

holes cholesterol cholesterolemia hypercholesterolemia hypercholesterolemias

holes cholesterol cholesterolemia hypocholesterolemia

holes cholesterol cholesterolfree

holes cholesterol cholesterollike

holes cholesterol cholesterols isocholesterols

holes cholesterol cholesterols oxycholesterols

holes cholesterol cholesteroluria

holes cholesterol hypercholesterolemic

holes cholesterol isocholesterol isocholesterols

holes cholesterol oxycholesterol oxycholesterols

holes cholestyramine cholestyramines

holes chugholes

holes coalholes

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holes dholes mudholes

holes earholes

holes echoless

holes eyeholes

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holes foxholes

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holes hawseholes

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holes shotholes

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holes wholes wholesome unwholesome unwholesomeness

holes wholes wholesome wholesomely unwholesomely

holes wholes wholesome wholesomeness unwholesomeness

holes wormholes

holewort holeworts

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inhole pinhole pinholes

keyhole keyholes

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knothole knotholes

loophole loopholes

lympholeukemia

manhole manholes

mousehole mouseholes

nympholepsia

nympholepsies

nympholepsy

nympholept nympholeptic nympholeptical nympholeptically

nympholept nympholepts

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pesthole pestholes

pigeonhole pigeonholed

pigeonhole pigeonholer pigeonholers

pigeonhole pigeonholes

pitchhole pitchholes

plughole plugholes

porthole portholes

posthole postholes

pothole potholed unpotholed

pothole potholer potholers

pothole potholes

psycholexicologic psycholexicological

psycholexicologist psycholexicologists

psycholexicology

rathole ratholes

rudderhole rudderholes

shothole shotholes

sinkhole sinkholes

snakehole snakeholed

snakehole snakeholes

spyhole spyholes

stokehole stokeholes

taphole tapholes

tholeiite tholeiites

tholeiitic

thumbhole thumbholes

traphole trapholes

venthole ventholes

waterhole waterholes

wellhole wellholes

whole blowhole blowholes

whole wholebody

whole wholefood wholefoods

whole wholegrain wholegrains

whole wholehearted wholeheartedly

whole wholehearted wholeheartedness

whole wholemeal

whole wholeness

whole wholes blowholes

whole wholes wholesale wholesaled

whole wholes wholesale wholesaler wholesalers

whole wholes wholesale wholesales

whole wholes wholesaling

whole wholes wholesome unwholesome unwholesomely

whole wholes wholesome unwholesome unwholesomeness

whole wholes wholesome wholesomely unwholesomely

whole wholes wholesome wholesomeness unwholesomeness

whole wholewheat

wormhole wormholed

wormhole wormholes

xantholeucophore xantholeucophores