There is a big hole in your stocking.
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Hole
//həʊl//
Synonyms for "hole" (473 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (95)
fixgapabodeabriabysmabyssadministrative segregationaerospaceaerosphereairair holeair pocketair spaceairspacealveolationalveolusantreantrumaperturearea
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armpitarroyoasylumaugean stablesaugerbabylonbasementbasinbearingsbench markbindbiteblemishblind alleybolt holebolt-holeboothbordelloborebowlboxbox canyonbreachbreakbrigbroachbroachingbrothelbugbumpbunkerburrowcachecagecanyoncatcatchcatch-22cathousecavecaverncavityceilingcellcellarcellaragecellulechamberchapchasmcheckchimneychinkclearanceclearingcleftcleuchclip jointcloughcoal bincolcompartmentconcaveconcavityconcealmentcorner
Strong matches (142)
couchcouleecouloircountersinkcovecovercovertcoverturecrackcrannycratercrevassecrevicecribcrosswindcryptcubbycubbyholecul-de-saccup
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cutcwmcyclone cellardark cornerdead enddead-end streetdeadlockdeepdefectdefectiondeficiencydefiledelldenden of iniquityden of thievesdentdepressiondepthdifficultydikedilemmadipdisclosurediscontinuitydiscrepancydisruptdistrictditchdivedoghousedollhousedongadonjondrawdrawbackdrilldugoutdumpdungeonearthempierceemplacementempty spaceenclosed spaceerrorexcavationextremityfailingfailurefallacyfaultfautefavorable windfenestrafissurefistulaflawfleshpotsflumefly in the ointmentfogfoiblefoldfolliclefontanelforamenformfoxholefracturefrailtyfrontfunk holefunnel chestfurrowgapegashgatgoalgomorrahgoregorgegougegouge outgrand slamgroovegrotgrottogulchgulfgullygyp jointhalthead windhellholehiatushideawayhideouthidey holehidinghiding placehigh-pressure areahitholdhole in onehole in the wallhollowhollow shellhome runhomerhoneycombhot water
Verb(1 words)
Related words (236)
hovelhutimpaleimpasseimperfectionimpressioninadequacyincisioninconsistencyindentationinfirmityinletintersticeintervalionospherejailjetstreamjointjumpkeep
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kinkklooflacunalairlancelatitude and longitudelaying openleaklieulittle problemlocalelocalitylocationlocuslodgeloopholelow-pressure areamangermessmewmistakemoatmuddleneedlenichenooknotchnullahopenopeningopening uporificeoublietteoutletovercastpasspassagepassagewaypenetrateperforateperforationpestholepewpicklepiercepigeonholepigpenpigstypinchpinkpinpointpitplaceplacementplague spotplayhouseplightpocketpointporepositionpotato cellarpredicamentprickprisonproblempunchpunch bowlpuncturequagmireravinereamream outrecessrefugeregionrentretreatriddleriftrimeriprookeryroughnessrunrun throughrupturesanctuaryscissurescoopscorescrapeseamsecret placesewershackshaftshantyshellshortcomingsinksink of corruptionsinussitesituationsitusskewerslamslitslotslumsnagsocketsodomsolitary confinementsomething missingsoupspacespearspikespitsplitsporting housespotstabstablestalematestallstandstandstillstashsteadstewstewsstickstomastopstorm cellarstratospherestrikestysubbasementsubstratospheresubterranesubwaytail windtainttapteartenementthe slumsthrowing opentight spottight squeezetouchdowntransfixtranspiercetraptrenchtrepantrephinetropopausetropospheretroubletroughtumbledown shacktunnelturbulenceuncorkingundercovertunstoppingvacancyvacuityvacuumvaginavalleyvaultventvisibilityvisibility zerovoidvugvulnerable placewadiwarrenweak linkweak pointweaknesswellwhereaboutwhereaboutswhorehousewine cellaryawnyawning abyss
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More general
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
More specific
71 entriesShowing 16 of 71 words.
Synonyms
4 entriesat location
14 entriesderived
386 entriesShowing 16 of 386 words.
form of
1 entrieshas context
16 entrieshas property
2 entriesholonym
5 entriesis a
8 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
50 entriesShowing 16 of 50 words.
used for
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
501 translations across 146 languages.
Adyghe
4 entries- абан noun (hollow in some surface)
- абан noun (a through opening)
- гъуанэ noun (hollow in some surface)
- гъуанэ noun (a through opening)
Albanian
1 entries- vrimë noun (hollow in some surface)
Aleut
2 entries- hunax̂ noun (hollow in some surface)
- tatax̂ noun (hollow in some surface)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- βόθρος noun (hollow in some surface)
- τρύπη noun (hollow in some surface)
- τρύπη noun (a through opening)
- τρύπημα noun (hollow in some surface)
Arabic
4 entries- ثَقْب noun (hollow in some surface)
- ثَقْب noun (a through opening)
- ثُقْب noun (hollow in some surface)
- حرق noun (hollow in some surface)
Aragonese
1 entries- forau noun (hollow in some surface)
Armenian
4 entries- անցք noun (hollow in some surface)
- անցք noun (a through opening)
- ծակ noun (hollow in some surface)
- ծակ noun (a through opening)
Aromanian
3 entries- gavrã noun (hollow in some surface)
- gavrã noun (a through opening)
- guvã noun (hollow in some surface)
Assamese
2 entries- গাঁত noun (hollow in some surface)
- ফুটা noun (hollow in some surface)
Asturian
3 entries- buracu noun (hollow in some surface)
- fueyu noun (hollow in some surface)
- furacu noun (hollow in some surface)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- deşik noun (hollow in some surface)
- dəlik noun (hollow in some surface)
Bangi
1 entries- libela noun (hollow in some surface)
Bashkir
4 entries- батынҡы урын noun (hollow in some surface)
- соҡор noun (hollow in some surface)
- тишек noun (a through opening)
- тишеү verb (make holes)
Belarusian
1 entries- дзі́рка noun (hollow in some surface)
Bengali
1 entries- গর্ত noun (hollow in some surface)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- छेद noun (hollow in some surface)
Breton
1 entries- toull noun (a through opening)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ду́пка noun (hollow in some surface)
- ду́пка noun (a through opening)
- ду́пка noun (lack of an electron)
- ду́пка noun (undesirable place)
Burmese
1 entries- တွင်း noun (hollow in some surface)
Catalan
4 entries- forat noun (hollow in some surface)
- forat noun (a through opening)
- forat noun (portion of a game of golf)
- foradar verb (make holes)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- چاڵ noun (hollow in some surface)
- کون noun (a through opening)
Chechen
1 entries- ӏуьрг noun (hollow in some surface)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏔᎴᏒᎢ noun (hollow in some surface)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 窿 noun (hollow in some surface)
- 窿 noun (a through opening)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 孔 noun (hollow in some surface)
- 洞 noun (hollow in some surface)
- 穴 noun (hollow in some surface)
- 空穴 noun (lack of an electron)
Church Slavic
1 entries- дира noun (hollow in some surface)
Cornish
1 entries- toll noun (a through opening)
Corsican
1 entries- tufone noun (hollow in some surface)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- teşik noun (hollow in some surface)
Czech
4 entries- díra noun (hollow in some surface)
- díra noun (a through opening)
- díra noun (undesirable place)
- jamka noun (portion of a game of golf)
Danish
4 entries- hul noun (hollow in some surface)
- hul noun (a through opening)
- hul noun (weakness, flaw)
- hul noun (lack of an electron)
Dutch
4 entries- bajes noun (place where a prisoner is kept)
- de put noun (place where a prisoner is kept)
- de put noun (undesirable place)
- gaatje noun (hollow in some surface)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- аҥ noun (hollow in some surface)
- аҥ noun (a through opening)
Egyptian
1 entries- q:r-r:*t-N33 noun (hollow in some surface)
Erzya
2 entries- варя noun (hollow in some surface)
- варя noun (a through opening)
Esperanto
2 entries- truo noun (hollow in some surface)
- truo noun (a through opening)
Estonian
1 entries- auk noun (hollow in some surface)
Evenki
1 entries- саңар noun (hollow in some surface)
Faroese
1 entries- hol noun (hollow in some surface)
Finnish
4 entries- aukko noun (a through opening)
- aukko noun (weakness, flaw)
- aukko noun (lack of an electron)
- aukko noun (security vulnerability)
French
4 entries- creux noun (hollow in some surface)
- faille noun (security vulnerability)
- mitard noun (place where a prisoner is kept)
- trou noun (hollow in some surface)
Galician
4 entries- buraco noun (hollow in some surface)
- buraco noun (a through opening)
- buraco noun (security vulnerability)
- buraco noun (orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities))
Georgian
2 entries- ნახვრეტი noun (hollow in some surface)
- ხვრელი noun (hollow in some surface)
German
4 entries- Grube noun (hollow in some surface)
- Grübchen noun (hollow in some surface)
- Kerbe noun (hollow in some surface)
- Loch noun (hollow in some surface)
Greek
4 entries- οπή noun (hollow in some surface)
- οπή noun (a through opening)
- τρύπα noun (hollow in some surface)
- τρύπα noun (a through opening)
Greenlandic
1 entries- putu noun (hollow in some surface)
Hebrew
3 entries- חֹר noun (undesirable place)
- חור noun (undesirable place)
- חור \ חֹר noun (hollow in some surface)
Hindi
3 entries- छिद्र noun (hollow in some surface)
- छेद noun (hollow in some surface)
- छेद noun (a through opening)
Hungarian
2 entries- lyuk noun (hollow in some surface)
- lyuk noun (a through opening)
Icelandic
4 entries- gat noun (a through opening)
- hola noun (hollow in some surface)
- hola noun (a through opening)
- gera gat á verb (make holes)
Ido
2 entries- truo noun (hollow in some surface)
- truo noun (a through opening)
Ilocano
1 entries- abut noun (hollow in some surface)
Indonesian
1 entries- lubang noun (hollow in some surface)
Ingrian
2 entries- reikä noun (hollow in some surface)
- uuttu noun (hollow in some surface)
Ingush
1 entries- ӏург noun (hollow in some surface)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- سوراخ noun (hollow in some surface)
Irish
4 entries- cuas noun (orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities))
- gola noun (orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities))
- oscailt noun (orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities))
- poll noun (hollow in some surface)
Italian
4 entries- buca noun (container)
- buco noun (hollow in some surface)
- buco noun (a through opening)
- buco noun (undesirable place)
Japanese
3 entries- 穴 noun (hollow in some surface)
- 穴 noun (a through opening)
- 穴 noun (weakness, flaw)
Kapampangan
1 entries- busbus noun (hollow in some surface)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- тешик noun (hollow in some surface)
Karaim
1 entries- tiešik noun (hollow in some surface)
Kaurna
1 entries- yapa noun (hollow in some surface)
Kazakh
2 entries- жыртық noun (hollow in some surface)
- тесік noun (hollow in some surface)
Khakas
1 entries- тизік noun (hollow in some surface)
Khmer
3 entries- រន្ធ noun (hollow in some surface)
- រូង noun (hollow in some surface)
- រូង noun (a through opening)
Kikuyu
1 entries- irima noun (hollow in some surface)
Korean
1 entries- 구멍 noun (hollow in some surface)
Kumyk
1 entries- тешик noun (hollow in some surface)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тешик noun (hollow in some surface)
Ladino
1 entries- foyo noun (hollow in some surface)
Lao
2 entries- ຂຸມ noun (hollow in some surface)
- ຮູ noun (hollow in some surface)
Latin
4 entries- apertūra noun (a through opening)
- cavum noun (hollow in some surface)
- forāmen noun (hollow in some surface)
- forāmen noun (a through opening)
Latvian
3 entries- bedre noun (hollow in some surface)
- caurums noun (a through opening)
- dobums noun (hollow in some surface)
Lingala
2 entries- libela noun (hollow in some surface)
- libúlú noun (hollow in some surface)
Lithuanian
4 entries- anga noun (a through opening)
- duobė noun (hollow in some surface)
- kiaurymė noun (a through opening)
- skylė noun (a through opening)
Lombard
1 entries- bus noun (hollow in some surface)
Macedonian
1 entries- дупка noun (hollow in some surface)
Malay
2 entries- lubang noun (hollow in some surface)
- lubang noun (a through opening)
Malayalam
4 entries- ഓട്ട noun (hollow in some surface)
- തുള noun (hollow in some surface)
- ദ്വാരം noun (hollow in some surface)
- ദ്വാരം noun (a through opening)
Manx
1 entries- towl noun (hollow in some surface)
Marathi
1 entries- भोक noun (a through opening)
Mongolian
2 entries- нүх noun (hollow in some surface)
- ᠨᠦᠬᠡ noun (hollow in some surface)
Māori
1 entries- poka noun (hollow in some surface)
Nanai
1 entries- сангар noun (hollow in some surface)
Nogai
2 entries- тесик noun (hollow in some surface)
- тесик noun (a through opening)
Norn
1 entries- gad noun (hollow in some surface)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- kun noun (hollow in some surface)
- kun noun (a through opening)
Norwegian
1 entries- hol noun (a through opening)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hull noun (hollow in some surface)
- hull noun (a through opening)
Occitan
2 entries- trauc noun (hollow in some surface)
- trauc noun (a through opening)
Odia
1 entries- ଛିଦ୍ର noun (hollow in some surface)
Old Czech
1 entries- dúpě noun (hollow in some surface)
Old English
1 entries- þȳrel noun (hollow in some surface)
Old Prussian
1 entries- prālī noun (hollow in some surface)
Old Spanish
1 entries- foyo noun (hollow in some surface)
Pashto
4 entries- بغره noun (hollow in some surface)
- سورى noun (hollow in some surface)
- غار noun (hollow in some surface)
- منفذ noun (hollow in some surface)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Loch (nds) noun (hollow in some surface)
- Loch (nds) noun (a through opening)
Polabian
1 entries- dară noun (hollow in some surface)
Polish
4 entries- dołek noun (place where a prisoner is kept)
- dołek noun (portion of a game of golf)
- dziura noun (hollow in some surface)
- dziura noun (lack of an electron)
Portuguese
4 entries- brecha noun (security vulnerability)
- buraco noun (hollow in some surface)
- buraco noun (a through opening)
- buraco noun (lack of an electron)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਮੋਰਾ noun (hollow in some surface)
- ਮੋਰੀ noun (hollow in some surface)
Quechua
1 entries- t'uqu noun (hollow in some surface)
Romanian
2 entries- gaură noun (hollow in some surface)
- gaură noun (a through opening)
Russian
4 entries- впа́дина noun (hollow in some surface)
- ды́рка noun (a through opening)
- ды́рка noun (lack of an electron)
- дыра́ noun (a through opening)
Samoan
1 entries- lua noun (hollow in some surface)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Gat noun (hollow in some surface)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rȕpa noun (hollow in some surface)
- òtvor noun (hollow in some surface)
- о̀твор noun (hollow in some surface)
- ру̏па noun (hollow in some surface)
Shor
1 entries- тежик noun (hollow in some surface)
Sicilian
3 entries- bucu noun (hollow in some surface)
- pirtusu noun (hollow in some surface)
- purtusu noun (hollow in some surface)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- kååʹpp noun (hollow in some surface)
Slovak
1 entries- diera noun (hollow in some surface)
Slovene
4 entries- luknja noun (hollow in some surface)
- luknja noun (a through opening)
- luknja noun (weakness, flaw)
- luknja noun (security vulnerability)
Southern Altai
3 entries- тежик noun (hollow in some surface)
- тежик noun (a through opening)
- јыртык noun (hollow in some surface)
Spanish
4 entries- abertura noun (a through opening)
- agujero noun (hollow in some surface)
- agujero noun (security vulnerability)
- alcorque noun (hollow in some surface)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- olo noun (hollow in some surface)
Swedish
4 entries- hål noun (hollow in some surface)
- hål noun (a through opening)
- hål noun (weakness, flaw)
- hål noun (lack of an electron)
Tagalog
1 entries- butas noun (hollow in some surface)
Tajik
1 entries- сурох noun (hollow in some surface)
Tamil
1 entries- ஓட்டை noun (hollow in some surface)
Tatar
3 entries- батынкылык noun (hollow in some surface)
- тишек noun (a through opening)
- чокыр noun (hollow in some surface)
Thai
2 entries- รู noun (hollow in some surface)
- หลุม noun (hollow in some surface)
Tibetan
2 entries- ཁུང་བུ noun (hollow in some surface)
- ས་དོང noun (hollow in some surface)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kāre noun (hollow in some surface)
Tofa
1 entries- дэлік noun (hollow in some surface)
Turkish
1 entries- delik noun (hollow in some surface)
Turkmen
1 entries- deşik noun (hollow in some surface)
Tuvan
1 entries- дежик noun (hollow in some surface)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ді́́рка noun (orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities))
- ді́рка noun (hollow in some surface)
- ді́рка noun (lack of an electron)
- ді́рка noun (security vulnerability)
Unami
1 entries- òlèk noun (hollow in some surface)
Urdu
1 entries- چھید noun (hollow in some surface)
Urum
1 entries- тэшик noun (hollow in some surface)
Uyghur
1 entries- تۆشۈك noun (hollow in some surface)
Uzbek
2 entries- teshik noun (hollow in some surface)
- tuynuk noun (hollow in some surface)
Venetan
2 entries- bus noun (hollow in some surface)
- bus noun (a through opening)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lỗ noun (hollow in some surface)
Vilamovian
1 entries- łöch noun (hollow in some surface)
Volapük
2 entries- hog noun (hollow in some surface)
- hog noun (a through opening)
Walloon
1 entries- trawer verb (make holes)
Welsh
1 entries- twll noun (a through opening)
Western Apache
1 entries- o'i'án noun (hollow in some surface)
White Hmong
1 entries- qhov noun (hollow in some surface)
Yakut
1 entries- хайаҕас noun (hollow in some surface)
Yiddish
1 entries- לאָך noun (hollow in some surface)
Zazaki
1 entries- qul noun (hollow in some surface)
Zhuang
1 entries- congh noun (hollow in some surface)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
You burnt a hole in my coat with your cigarette.
Source: tatoeba (17300)
There is a hole in your sock.
Source: tatoeba (18089)
Look out! There's a hole in the road.
Source: tatoeba (20359)
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