hole
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an opening into or through something
Types & categories
- opening hypernym
- aperture hyponym
- bolt-hole hyponym
- bullet hole hyponym
- cranny hyponym
- leak hyponym
- ozone hole hyponym
- perforation hyponym
- rathole hyponym
- knothole hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
hit the ball into the hole
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an opening deliberately made in or through something
Types & categories
- opening hypernym
- air hole hyponym
- armhole hyponym
- bunghole hyponym
- buttonhole hyponym
- countersink hyponym
- cup hyponym
- ear hole hyponym
- eye hyponym
- eyelet hyponym
- finger hole hyponym
- finger hole hyponym
- hawse hyponym
- keyhole hyponym
- loophole hyponym
- lubber's hole hyponym
- manhole hyponym
- mortise hyponym
- mouth hole hyponym
- nail hole hyponym
- eyehole hyponym
- perforation hyponym
- plughole hyponym
- posthole hyponym
- puncture hyponym
- sound hole hyponym
- thumbhole hyponym
- vent hyponym
Related & opposite
- hole derivation
Sense 4 verb
make holes in
Types & categories
- hollow out hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
he played 18 holes
Types & categories
- playing period hypernym
- dogleg hyponym
Parts & wholes
- golf course part holonym
Related & opposite
- hole derivation
Sense 6 noun
an unoccupied space
Types & categories
Sense 7 noun
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
Types & categories
- natural depression hypernym
- burrow hyponym
- gopher hole hyponym
- kettle hole hyponym
- pit hyponym
- pothole hyponym
- rabbit burrow hyponym
- wormhole hyponym
Related & opposite
- hollow out derivation
- hollow derivation
- hollow derivation
Sense 8 noun
a fault
he shot holes in my argument
Types & categories
- flaw hypernym
Sense 9 noun
informal terms for a difficult situation
he got into a terrible fix
Types & categories
- difficulty hypernym
- dog's breakfast hyponym
Sense 10 noun
informal terms for the mouth
Types & categories
- mouth hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hole |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | holey |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | opening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aperture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bolt-hole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bullet hole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cranny |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leak |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ozone hole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | perforation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rathole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knothole |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | golf hole |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | golf |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hole |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | opening |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | air hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | armhole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bunghole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | buttonhole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | countersink |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cup |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ear hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eyelet |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | finger hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | finger hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hawse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | keyhole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | loophole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lubber's hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | manhole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mortise |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mouth hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nail hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eyehole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | perforation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | plughole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | posthole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | puncture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sound hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | thumbhole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hole |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hole |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hollow out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hole |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | golf course |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | playing period |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogleg |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | space |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | pore |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow out |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural depression |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | burrow |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | gopher hole |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | kettle hole |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pit |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pothole |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | rabbit burrow |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | wormhole |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | flaw |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | difficulty |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | dog's breakfast |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |