Phrase Hound found 174 phrases and 155 compound words that contain holes. The most common are listed below. Open holes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 174
- black holesplural of black hole: A place of punitive confinement; a lockup or cell; a military guardroom.
- holes in oneplural of hole in one: A hole that is completed by sinking the ball in a single shot or attempt, with one hit.
- glory holesplural of glory hole: A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
- security holesplural of security hole: A security vulnerability in a computer system.
- law of holesThe informal law stating that "if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging".
- holes-in-the-wallplural of hole-in-the-wall: A restaurant, shop or other establishment catering to customers that is particularly inconspicuous and easily overlooked.
- Holes BayA shallow bay linked to Poole Harbour, west of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0092).
- holes in the headplural of hole in the head: A gunshot wound to the head.
- Dove HolesA village in Chapel-en-le-Frith parish, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0778).
- bonus holesplural of bonus hole: The vulva or vagina of a trans man.
- button-holesplural of button-hole: A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
- c-holesplural of c-hole: A sound hole, shaped like a lower-case c, through the top surface of a string instrument.
- d-holesplural of d-hole: A sound hole, shaped like the letter D, through the top surface of a string instrument.
- f-holesplural of f-hole: A sound hole, shaped like a lowercase f, through the top surface of a string instrument.
- fox holesplural of fox hole: The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
- murder-holesplural of murder-hole
- pin-holesplural of pin-hole: A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin
- plot holesplural of plot hole: A gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.
- pot-holesplural of pot-hole: A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion, weather or traffic.
- shooting holespresent participle and gerund of shoot holes
- smoke-holesplural of smoke-hole: A hole in the top of a building, especially a basic building or structure such as a tipi or yurt, through which smoke can exit.
- sound holesplural of sound hole: An opening in the belly of a stringed instrument that increases its volume and enhances its tone quality.
- tone holesplural of tone hole: An opening in the body of a wind instrument which, when alternately closed and opened, changes the pitch of the sound produced.
- white holesplural of white hole: A theoretically possible but hypothetical singularity from which matter and energy are able to escape but unable to enter; the antithesis of a black hole.
- Healey's first law of holesAlternative form of Healey's law: The informal law stating that "if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging".
Compound words 155
- nineholesA game in which each player bowls a ball towards nine holes in a board or the ground, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.
- assholesplural of asshole: The anus.
- gloryholesplural of gloryhole: A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
- loopholesplural of loophole: A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.
- potholesplural of pothole: A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion, weather or traffic.
- boreholesplural of borehole: A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.
- manholesplural of manhole: A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
- foxholesplural of foxhole: The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
- portholesplural of porthole: A gunport; an opening in the hull of a ship through which cannons are fired.
- wormholesplural of wormhole: A hole burrowed by a worm.