hole

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhəʊl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/hoʊl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hōl)

Inflections of 'hole' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
holes
v 3rd person singular
holing
v pres p
holed
v past
holed
v past p
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WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026:

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EngelsNederlands
hole n(opening)gat nw het
  opening nw de
 They watched the construction through the hole in the wall.
hole n(in the ground)gat nw het
 He dug a hole with his spade.
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EngelsNederlands
hole n(hollow)gat nw het
  holte nw de
 A bird lived in the hole in the tree.
hole n(in a road)gat nw het
  put nw de
 Watch out for that hole in the road.
hole nfigurative (predicament) (figuurlijk)gat nw het
  put nw de
 I'm in a real financial hole.
hole n(burrow, animal home)hol nw het
 The badger comes out of his hole at night.
hole n(shabby home)krot nw het
 That man lives in such a dirty hole.
hole nUS (prison: solitary confinement)isoleercel nw de
 If you get in a fight, they put you in the hole for two weeks.
hole n(argument: flaw)mankement, gat nw het
  zwakke plek nw de
 The politician couldn't see the hole in his argument.
hole n(cavity)gat nw het
 There is a hole in the plaster casting that needs filling.
hole n(swimming place)zwembad nw het
  plek om te zwemmen
 Do you know about the swimming hole that we go to in summer?
hole n(golf: target)hole nw de
 His drive from the tee nearly reached the ninth hole.
hole n(golf: number of strokes)hole nw de
 Not bad! You got a hole in two!
hole vtr(golf: hit a ball into the hole) (golf)de bal in de hole slaan
 He holed it in three strokes.
hole vtr(dig)uitgraven over. ww
 Hole out that swampy area, so it can drain.
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WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026:

Voornaamste vertalingen
NederlandsEngels
hole nw deEngels (golf) (golf)hole n
gat nw het(opening)hole, gap n
  opening n
nest nw het(woonplaats van dieren)den, hole n
mond nw defiguurlijk (opening, gat)hole, gap n
put nw de(kuil, gat)pit, hole n
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Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel
EngelsNederlands
hole up vi phrasalslang (take shelter, hide)schuilen ww
 The bears will hole up in their caves until spring.
 We'd better hole up here before moving on tomorrow night.
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Samengestelde woorden:
EngelsNederlands
bolthole,
bolt-hole
n
mainly UK (hideout, place to escape to)toevluchtsoord nw de
  verstopplaats nw de
cash machine,
cash dispenser,
hole in the wall
n
UK (money dispenser)geldautomaat, bankautomaat nw de
 (NL)pinautomaat nw de
 I'll have to get some money out of the cash machine before I can go shopping.
glory hole n(mine shaft)mijnschacht nw de
glory hole n(hole in a wall used for sex acts)glory hole nw de
  sexgat nw het
 The glory hole was a bit too low so I found I had to kneel on the floor.
hole in one,
hole-in-one
n
(golf: one stroke) (golfsport)hole-in-one nw de
 At 103 years old, Gus Andreone is the oldest golfer to ever record a hole in one.
hole punch,
hole-puncher,
punch
n
(device for making holes in documents)perforator nw de
in a hole advUK, informal, figurative (trapped in a situation) (informeel)in de rats bw
  klem
 After losing his job, Joseph found himself in a hole from which he couldn't make his way out.
in the hole exprUS, figurative, informal (in debt) (informeel)in de min, in het rood bw
in the hole adv(sports: with a score below zero) (sport; score)onder nul bw
pigeonhole,
also UK: pigeon-hole
n
(mail compartment)postvak nw het
 Fredrik put a copy of the memo in everyone's pigeonhole.
pigeonhole,
also UK: pigeon-hole
n
(coop for pigeons)opening in een duiventil nw de
waterhole,
water hole
n
(natural pool of drinking water) (voor dieren)drinkplaats nw de
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Collocatie: a [deep, wide, small] hole, hole up in a [shed, bunker, cabin], a hole [punch, puncher], meer...

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