hole

Everyday

1. An empty space or opening in something solid: a hole in the ground, a hole in a sock. tree →
2. An animal's home underground: a rabbit hole. tree →
3. In golf: the small hole you hit the ball into, or one part of a golf course. tree →
4. A weak part or mistake: a hole in a plan. tree →
5. Informal: an unpleasant place. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life: holes in clothes, in the road (potholes). In safety: watch out for holes when running in fields; don't climb into deep holes or old wells; cover holes you dig; ice with holes is dangerous. In science: animals live in holes (burrows); the ozone hole; black holes in space. In maths: a hole punch; shapes with holes. Phrases: dig a hole, a hole in, rabbit hole, black hole, pothole, keyhole, hole-in-one, in a hole (in trouble).

Examples

• The dog dug a hole in the garden. tree →
• There's a hole in my sock. tree →
• A rabbit popped out of its hole. tree →
• Watch out for holes in the field. tree →
• The car hit a pothole in the road. tree →
• A black hole pulls in even light. tree →
• She got a hole-in-one at mini golf. tree →
• Peep through the keyhole. tree →
• But the Mouse reached his hole in safety. tree →

Note

Countable: holes. Homophone: «whole» (all of something) sounds the same: «a hole in the whole cake». The w in «whole» is silent.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The priest's robe had an opening for the head, bound round so that it would not tear, as the Torah describes. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: holes in clothes, in the road (potholes). In safety: watch out for holes when running in fields; don't climb into deep holes or old wells; cover holes you dig; ice with holes is dangerous. In science: animals live in holes (burrows); the ozone hole; black holes in space. In maths: a hole punch; shapes with holes. Phrases: dig a hole, a hole in, rabbit hole, black hole, pothole, keyhole, hole-in-one, in a hole (in trouble).

Examples

• and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent. (Torah EXO.39.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks. (Writings JOB.30.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him. (Writings SNG.5.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. (Prophets EZK.8.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: holes. Homophone: «whole» (all of something) sounds the same: «a hole in the whole cake». The w in «whole» is silent.