Hole
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A hole is an opening.
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English hol orifice, hollow place', from Proto-Germanic *hulą (compare Middle Dutch hool, German Höhle, Old Norse holr, Walloon hol), noun form of Proto-Germanic *hulaz 'hollow'. More at hollow.
Namesakes
- Black Hole by Charles Burns
- Tokyo Lucky Hole by Araki
See also
- Plot hole, in writing
- Black hole
- Bunghole
- Bullet hole
- Manhole, an opening in the ground to access the sewer under a city
- Peephole
- Portable hole, a fictional device
- Porthole, a window on a ship's external hull
- Sound hole, on a musical instrument
- Wormhole
- Whole
- Negative space
- Trepanation
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