hole

hole
1. noun /həʊl,hoʊl/
a) A hollow spot in a surface.

Get some popcorn out of that popcorn bucket hole.

b) An opening in a solid.

There’s a hole in my bucket.

2. verb /həʊl,hoʊl/
a) To make holes in (an object or surface).

Shrapnel holed the ships hull.

b) To destroy.

She completely holed the argument.


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