Idioms for hole
Origin of hole
before 900; Middle English; Old English
hol hole, cave, orig. neuter of
hol (adj.)
hollow; cognate with German
hohl hollow
SYNONYMS FOR hole
1, 2
pit,
hollow,
concavity.
Hole,
cavity,
excavation refer to a hollow place in anything.
Hole is the common word for this idea:
a hole in turf.
Cavity is a more formal or scientific term for a hollow within the body or in a substance, whether with or without a passage outward:
a cavity in a tooth; the cranial cavity. An
excavation is an extended hole made by digging out or removing material:
an excavation before the construction of a building.
3 den, cave; lair, retreat.
4 hovel, shack.
OTHER WORDS FROM hole
hole·less, adjective hol·ey, adjectiveWords nearby hole
British Dictionary definitions for hole in the wall (1 of 2)
hole in the wall
noun informal
mainly British another name for cash dispenser
a small dingy place, esp one difficult to find
British Dictionary definitions for hole in the wall (2 of 2)
hole
/ (həʊl) /
noun
verb
to make a hole or holes in (something)
(when intr, often foll by out) golf
to hit (the ball) into the hole
Word Origin for hole
Old English
hol; related to Gothic
hulundi, German
Höhle, Old Norse
hylr pool, Latin
caulis hollow stem; see
hollow
Scientific definitions for hole in the wall
hole
[ hōl ]
A gap, usually the valence band of an insulator or semiconductor, that would normally be filled with one electron. If an electron accelerated by a voltage moves into a gap, it leaves a gap behind it, and in this way the hole itself appears to move through the substance. Even though holes are in fact the absence of a negatively charged particle (an electron), they can be treated theoretically as positively charged particles, whose motion gives rise to electric current.
Idioms and Phrases with hole in the wall (1 of 2)
hole in the wall
A small, modest, or obscure place, as in My new apartment is just a hole in the wall, or Believe it or not, that little hole in the wall is a great restaurant. This graphic term is often used disparagingly. [First half of 1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with hole in the wall (2 of 2)
hole