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• hole — [hōl] n. [ME < OE hol, orig. neut. of adj. holh, hollow, akin to Ger hohl < IE base * kaul , *kul , hollow, hollow stalk > L caulis, Gr kaulos, stalk] 1. a hollow or hollowed out place; cavity; specif., a) an excavation or pit ☆ b) a… …   English World dictionary

• hole — n Hole, hollow, cavity, pocket, void, vacuum are comparable when they mean an open or unfilled space in a thing. Hole may apply to an opening in a solid body that is or that suggests a depression or an excavation {those holes where eyes did once… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• hole — hole1 W2S1 [həul US houl] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(space in something solid)¦ 2¦(space something can go through)¦ 3¦(empty place)¦ 4¦(weak part)¦ 5¦(animal s home)¦ 6¦(unpleasant place)¦ 7¦(golf)¦ 8 hole in one 9 make a hole in som …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hole — 1 noun (C) 1 SPACE IN STH SOLID an empty space in something solid (+ in): We ll just dig a big hole in the ground and bury the box in it. 2 SPACE STH CAN GO THROUGH a space in something that allows things, light etc to get through to the other… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hole — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. opening, aperture, gap, cavity; excavation, hollow; slot, puncture; dungeon; cave; space. See concavity, abode, interval. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A perforation] Syn. notch, puncture, slot, eyelet,… …   English dictionary for students

• hole — n. & v. n. 1 a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. 2 an animal s burrow. 3 a cavity or receptacle for a ball in various sports or games. 4 colloq. a small, mean, or dingy abode. 5 colloq. an awkward situation. 6 …   Useful english dictionary

• hole — noun 1》 an empty space in a solid body or surface.     ↘an aperture.     ↘a cavity on a golf course into which the ball must be hit. 2》 informal a small or unpleasant place.     ↘an awkward situation. 3》 a flaw in a plan or argument. 4》 Physics a …   English new terms dictionary

• Empty Cities of the Full Moon — Infobox Book | name = Empty Cities of the Full Moon image caption = author = Howard V. Hendrix cover artist = John Jude Palencar country = United States language = English series = Tetragrammaton Series genre = Science fiction novel publisher =… …   Wikipedia

• hole — Synonyms and related words: Augean stables, Babylon, CAT, Gomorrah, Sodom, abode, abri, abysm, abyss, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, alveolation, alveolus, antre, antrum, aperture, area, armpit, arroyo, asylum, auger,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• hole conduction — /ˈhoʊl kəndʌkʃən/ (say hohl kuhndukshuhn) noun the motion of an empty state in the regularity of the electrons in a crystal lattice …  

• Electron hole — An electron hole is the conceptual and mathematical opposite of an electron, useful in the study of physics and chemistry. The concept describes the lack of an electron. It is different from the positron, which is the antimatter duplicate of the… …   Wikipedia