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The correct spelling is holes.
How to pronounce holes
/həʊlz/
nounIPA: /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.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.(heading) In games.
- 3.An excavation pit or trench.
- 4.A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- 5.A container or receptacle.
verb
- 1.To make holes in (an object or surface).
- 2.(by extension) To destroy.
- 3.To go into a hole.
- 4.To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
- 5.To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
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