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Meaning of holes
noun
- 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. Example: There’s a hole in my shoe. Her stocking has a hole in it.
- (heading) In games.
- An excavation pit or trench.
- A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity. Example: I have found a hole in your argument.
- A container or receptacle. Example: car hole; brain hole
verb
- To make holes in (an object or surface). Example: Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.
- (by extension) To destroy. Example: She completely holed the argument.
- To go into a hole.
- To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball. Example: Woods holed a standard three foot putt
- To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in. Example: to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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A dictionary checker verifies whether a typed word exists in a word list. It is useful for word games, puzzle checks, spelling checks, and quick vocabulary confirmation.
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