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holes

The correct spelling is holes.

How to pronounce holes

/həʊlz/
noun

IPA: /həʊlz/

Say it like: Hol-es

The correct spelling is holes. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. For example: "There’s a hole in my shoe.  Her stocking has a hole in it."

Usage Examples

There’s a hole in my shoe.  Her stocking has a hole in it.

I have found a hole in your argument.

car hole;  brain hole

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
  2. 2.(heading) In games.
  3. 3.An excavation pit or trench.
  4. 4.A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
  5. 5.A container or receptacle.

verb

  1. 1.To make holes in (an object or surface).
  2. 2.(by extension) To destroy.
  3. 3.To go into a hole.
  4. 4.To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
  5. 5.To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.

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