Hole (disambiguation)

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A hole is a hollow place, an opening in/through a solid body, or an excavation in the ground.

Hole or holes may also refer to:

Science and healthcare

  • Black hole
  • Electron hole, a concept in physics and chemistry
  • K-hole, a psychological state associated with ketamine use
  • Sinkhole, a hole in the ground due to natural subterranean subsidence
  • White hole
  • Wormhole
  • Hole (topology) - in a topological space, a hole is a sphere that cannot be continuously extended to a ball.

Technology

  • Blind hole, a hole, usually drilled, which does not emerge on the other side of the substrate
  • Buttonhole, a hole in fabric as part of a fastener
  • Punchhole, a hole punched in paper, including punched cards and punched tape
  • Sound hole, on a musical instrument
  • Through hole, a hole, usually drilled, which emerges on the other side of the substrate
  • Tone hole, an opening in a wind instrument which, when closed changes the pitch
  • Touch hole, part of a gun or cannon where the powder is ignited
  • Whitewater hole, a feature found in some white-water rapids

Construction

  • Fox hole, a defensive fighting position
  • Lightening hole a hole made in a structural member, usually of a vehicle, to lighten it
  • Manhole, an opening in the ground to access the sewers or other underground services
  • Murder-hole, or meurtrière, a hole in the ceiling of a gateway or passageway in a fortification through which the defenders could fire, throw, or pour harmful substances or objects down on attackers
  • Porthole, a window on a ship's external hull
  • Spider hole, a type of camouflaged one-man foxhole

People with the name

  • Hole (surname)
  • Holes (surname)

Places

  • Hôle, a municipality in Belgium also called Halen
  • Høle, Norway, a borough and former municipality
  • Hole, Norway, a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway

Prison

  • Black Hole of Calcutta, small prison or dungeon in Fort William
  • Celle Hole (German: Celler Loch), a breach in the outer wall of the prison of Celle, Germany
  • "The hole", prison slang describing the location for solitary confinement

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

  • Hole (film), 2014 Canadian short drama film directed by Martin Edralin
  • Holes (film), 2003 theatrical adaptation of Louis Sachar's novel

Games

Literature

  • Holes (novel), 1998 young adult mystery by Louis Sachar
    • Holes (play), 1998 stage adaptation of Louis Sachar's novel
  • Plot hole, in writing

Music

Groups

  • Hole (band), an alternative rock band formed by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson in 1989

Albums and EPs

  • Hole (EP), 2005 EP by 65daysofstatic
  • Hole (Foetus album), 1984 album by Foetus
  • Hole (Merzbow album), 1994 album by Merzbow
  • Hole (One-Eyed Doll album), 2007 album by American band One-Eyed Doll
  • Holes (album), 2004 album by melpo mene

Songs

  • "Hole" (song), by Kelly Clarkson on the 2007 album My December
  • "Holes" (Mercury Rev song), from the 1999 album Deserter's Songs
  • "Holes" (Passenger song), a 2013 single from the 2012 album All the Little Lights
  • "Holes", by Pint Shot Riot from the 2008 EP Round One
  • "Holes", by Electric Guest from the 2012 album Mondo
  • "Holes", by Scratch Acid from the 1986 album Just Keep Eating
  • "Holes", by Rascal Flatts from the 2004 album Feels Like Today
  • "Holes", by Jon Oliva's Pain from the 2006 album Maniacal Renderings
  • "Holes", a 1985 single by Specimen
  • "Holes", by Mateo Messina from the soundtrack to the 2015 film Barely Lethal
  • "Holes" (born 1987), by Jetty Rae from the 2008 album Blackberries (2008)|Blackberries
  • "Holes", by Smile Empty Soul from the 2005 album Anxiety
  • "Holes", by Red Plastic Bag

Television

  • "Hole" (Bottom), an episode of the British television sitcom Bottom
  • "Holes" (American Horror Story), a 2017 episode of the anthology television series American Horror Story

Sports

  • Hole (American football), a space between the defensive linemen
  • Hole (golf), a segment of a golf course
  • Hole in one (also known as a hole-in-one or an ace, mostly in American English), occurs when a ball hit from a tee to start a hole finishes in the cup
    • Hole-in-one Register (or United States Golf Register), the United States' official historical registry of holes-in-one
  • Hole set, a position in water polo

Other uses

  • Law of holes, an adage which states that "if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging"

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Hole
  • All pages with titles containing hole
  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
  • Gap (disambiguation)
  • Hol (disambiguation)
  • Orifice (disambiguation)
  • The Hole (disambiguation)
  • Void (disambiguation)
  • Whole (disambiguation)
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