“Hole” Words
2010 September 18
These are some fun words. Kids, for example, will have have a lot of fun with words like PIEHOLE, COALHOLE, BUNGHOLE, etc.
| AIRHOLE | a hole to let air in or out [n –S] */s |
| ANETHOLE– | a chemical compound [n –S] */s |
| ARMHOLE | an opening for the arm in a garment [n –S] */s |
| ASSHOLE | a stupid, incompetent, or detestable person — an offensive term [n –S] */s |
| BLOWHOLE | an air or gas vent [n –S] */s |
| BOLTHOLE | a place or way of escape [n –S] */s |
| BOREHOLE | a hole bored in the earth [n –S] */s |
| BUNGHOLE | a hole in a keg or barrel [n –S] */s |
| BUTTONHOLE | [v –HOLED, –HOLING, –HOLES] */drs |
| CHUCKHOLE | [n –S] */s |
| COALHOLE | a compartment for storing coal [n –S] */s |
| CUBBYHOLE | [n –S] */s |
| –DHOLE | a wild dog of India [n –S] */s |
| EYEHOLE | a small opening [n –S] */s |
| FEEDHOLE | one of a series of holes in paper tape [n –S] */s |
| FOXHOLE | a small pit used for cover in a battle area [n –S] */s |
| GUNKHOLE | to make a series of short boat trips [v –HOLED, –HOLING, –HOLES] */ds |
| HAWSEHOLE | [n –S] */s |
| HELLHOLE | a horrible place [n –S] */s |
| KEYHOLE | a hole for a key [n –S] */s |
| KNEEHOLE | a space for the knees [n –S] */s |
| KNOTHOLE | a hole in a plank [n –S] */s |
| LOOPHOLE | to make small openings in [v –HOLED, –HOLING, –HOLES] */ds |
| MANHOLE | a hole providing entrance to an underground or enclosed structure [n –S] */s |
| MUDHOLE | a hole or hollow place full of mud [n –S] */s |
| OILHOLE | a hole through which lubricating oil is injected [n –S] */s |
| PEEPHOLE | a small opening through which one may look [n –S] */s |
| PESTHOLE | a place liable to epidemic disease [n –S] */s |
| PIEHOLE | a mouth [n –S] */s |
| PIGEONHOLE | [v –HOLED, –HOLING, –HOLES] */drs |
| PINHOLE | a small hole made by a pin [n –S] */s |
| PORTHOLE | a small window in a ship’s side [n –S] */s |
| POSTHOLE | a hole dug to secure a fence post [n –S] */s |
| POTHOLE | a deep hole in a road [n –S] : POTHOLED [adj] */ds |
| RATHOLE | a hole made by a rat [n –S] */s |
| SHOTHOLE | a hole drilled in rock to hold explosives [n –S] */s |
| SINKHOLE | a natural depression in a land surface [n –S] */s |
| STOKEHOLE | [n –S] */s |
| TAPHOLE | a hole in a blast furnace [n –S] */s |
| –THOLE | to endure (to last (to continue in existence)) [v THOLED, THOLING, THOLES] */ds |
| THUMBHOLE | [n –S] */s |
| TOUCHHOLE | [n –S] */s |
| WELLHOLE | the shaft of a well [n –S] */s |
| –WHOLE | all the parts or elements entering into and making up a thing [n –S] */s |
| WORMHOLE | a hole made by a burrowing worm [n –S] */s |
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