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hole [n]
 
1)an opening into or through something
    Synonyms :
    See Also: gap  aperture  bolt-hole  bullet_hole  cranny  leak  ozone_hole  perforation  rathole  knothole 
 
2)an opening deliberately made in or through something
    Synonyms :
    See Also: opening  air_hole  armhole  bunghole  button_hole  countersink  cup  ear_hole  eye  eyelet  finger_hole  finger_hole  hawse  keyhole  loophole  lubber's_hole  manhole  mortice  mouth_hole  nail_hole  peephole  perforation  plughole  post_hole  puncture  sound_hole  thumbhole  blowhole 
 
3)one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes"
    Synonyms :golf_hole 
    See Also: period_of_play  golf_course  dogleg 
 
4)an unoccupied space
    Synonyms :
    See Also: space  pore 
 
5)a depression hollowed out of solid matter
    Synonyms :hollow 
    See Also: depression  dig  core_out  burrow  gopher_hole  kettle  cavity  chuckhole  rabbit_burrow  wormhole 
 
6)a fault; "he shot holes in my argument"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: defect 
 
7)informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
    Synonyms :fix jam kettle_of_fish mess muddle pickle 
    See Also: difficulty  dog's_breakfast 
 
8)informal terms for the mouth
    Synonyms :cakehole gob maw trap yap 
    See Also: mouth 
 
hole [v]
 
1)hit the ball into the hole
    Synonyms :hole_out 
    See Also: hit  golf  golf_hole 
 
2)make holes in
    Synonyms :
    See Also: core_out 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

The absence of an electron in a semiconductor material. In the electron model, a hole can be thought of as an incomplete outer electron shell in a doping substance. Holes can also be thought of as positive charge carriers; while this is in a sense a fiction, it is a useful abstraction.

(1995-10-06)








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