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1 hole
[həul] 1. noun1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) hola, gat2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) (jarð)hola; greni3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.) hola2. verb1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) gera gat á2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) hitta í holu•- hole out -
2 peep-hole
noun (a hole (in a door etc) through which one can look.) gægjugat -
3 cubby-hole
(a very small room, cupboard etc.) kytra; kompa -
4 pigeon-hole
noun (a small compartment for letters, papers etc in a desk etc or eg hung on the wall of an office, staffroom etc: He has separate pigeon-holes for bills, for receipts, for letters from friends and so on.) (bréfa)hólf -
5 pothole
1) (a hole or cave made in rock by the action of swirling water.) skessuketill2) (a hole worn in a road-surface.) hola/hvarf í vegi -
6 blowhole
noun (a breathing-hole (through the ice for seals etc) or a nostril (especially on the head of a whale etc).) öndunarop; blástursop -
7 borehole
noun (a hole made by boring, especially to find oil etc.) borhola -
8 buttonhole
noun (the hole or slit into which a button is put.) hnappagat -
9 doughnut
noun (a ring-shaped cake, with a hole in the middle, fried in fat.) kleinuhringur -
10 keyhole
noun (the hole in which a key of a door etc is placed: The child looked through the keyhole to see if his teacher was still with his parents.) skráargat -
11 manhole
noun (a hole (usually in the middle of a road or pavement) through which someone may go to inspect sewers etc.) op að holræsi -
12 mousehole
noun (a hole made or used by mice.) músarhola -
13 nut
1) (a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell: a hazel-nut; a walnut.) hneta2) (a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together: a nut and bolt.) ró•- nutty- nutcracker
- nutshell
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14 oil-well
noun (a hole drilled into the earth or the sea-bed to obtain petroleum.) olíuborhola -
15 opening
1) (a hole; a clear or open space: an opening in the fence/forest.) op, gat; rjóður2) (a beginning: the opening of the film; ( also adjective) the chairman's opening remarks.) upphaf, opnun, upphafsorð3) (the act of becoming or making open, the ceremony of making open: the opening of a flower/shop/door; the opening of the new theatre.) opnun4) (an opportunity for work: There are good openings in the automobile industry.) tækifæri, möguleikar -
16 perforation
1) (a small hole, or a number or line of small holes, made in a sheet of paper etc: The purpose of the perforation(s) is to make the paper easier to tear.) rifgötun2) (the act of perforating or being perforated.) götun -
17 pinhole
noun (a hole made by a pin: A pinhole camera does not need a lens.) nálargat -
18 spyhole
noun (a peep-hole.) gægjugat -
19 stopper
noun (an object, eg a cork, that is put into the neck of a bottle, jar, hole etc to close it.) tappi, lok -
20 tear
I [tiə] noun(a drop of liquid coming from the eye, as a result of emotion (especially sadness) or because something (eg smoke) has irritated it: tears of joy/laughter/rage.) tár- tearful- tearfully
- tearfulness
- tear gas
- tear-stained
- in tears II 1. [teə] past tense - tore; verb1) ((sometimes with off etc) to make a split or hole in (something), intentionally or unintentionally, with a sudden or violent pulling action, or to remove (something) from its position by such an action or movement: He tore the photograph into pieces; You've torn a hole in your jacket; I tore the picture out of a magazine.) rífa, tæta2) (to become torn: Newspapers tear easily.) rifna3) (to rush: He tore along the road.) þjóta, bruna2. noun(a hole or split made by tearing: There's a tear in my dress.) rifa, gat- be torn between one thing and another- be torn between
- tear oneself away
- tear away
- tear one's hair
- tear up
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