Holes
Gaps in surfaces
Holes are openings or empty spaces in otherwise solid material.
A hole in a wall, a hole in the ground, a hole in an argument.
To poke holes in something is to find its weaknesses.
A hole can be a shabby or unpleasant place: What a hole this apartment is.
In golf, a hole is both the cup and the entire playing area from tee to green.
To hole up is to take shelter or hide: We holed up in a cabin during the storm.
Fruit's hard seed
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
- denPrivate room or lair
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
- excavationAct of unearthing
crater · sinkhole · pothole · ditch · trench · foxhole · dugout · depression
Adjustable optical inlet
- gapUnfilled space between
- cavityEmpty space within
- voidWithout legal effect
- orificeBodily passage entrance
puncture · perforation · slot · breach · pore · vent · mouth · inlet
Unfilled space between
- flawImperfection in something
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- loopholeExploitable gap in rules
inconsistency · oversight · shortcoming · error · fault · discrepancy · omission · blind spot
To pull apart
- ripTear apart forcibly
- wornDamaged by use
- frayedUnraveled at edges
- patchedRepaired with covering material
threadbare · moth-eaten · tattered · punctured · leaky · rusted · corroded · decayed
Groomed golf strip
pit
Fruit's hard seed
excavation · crater · sinkhole · pothole · ditch · trench · foxhole · dugout · depression · chasm
aperture
Adjustable optical inlet
orifice · puncture · perforation · slot · breach · pore · vent · mouth · inlet · outlet
gap
Unfilled space between
- flawImperfection in something
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- deficiencyLack of something needed
loophole · inconsistency · oversight · shortcoming · error · fault · discrepancy · omission · blind spot · crack
tear
To pull apart
patched · threadbare · moth-eaten · tattered · punctured · leaky · rusted · corroded · decayed · rotted
fairway
Groomed golf strip
bogey · putt · tee · cup · pin · flag · course · round · stroke · handicap
Stanley
Falkland Islands' main town
cursed · juvenile · detention · buried · treasure · onions · lizards · desert · punishment · friendship
- 2003 FilmsFinding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kill Bill, The Matrix Reloaded, Bruce Almighty
- Newbery WinnersShiloh, The Giver, Number the Stars, Bridge to Terabithia, Lincoln
- book termsfolio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, page
- coming-of-agecoming-of-age, bildungsroman, growing up, maturation, youth
- black holesRegions of inescapable gravity
- holy shitProfane expression of shock
- holy cowExpression of amazement
- rabbit holeHare's underground dwelling
- bullet holeProjectile's entry point
- holy crapCrude amazement phrase
hole, holed, holing, holiness, holy, holier, holiest, unholy, hollow