an opening or empty place in a solid thing
opening in a solid object
Cases of word usage
1) a small ball of coloured glass etc with a hole through it for a string or wire (bead)
2) a fastener with one or more spikes made to go through a hole in a belt etc (buckle)
3) a stopper for closing a hole in a cask or barrel (bung)
4) a hole made in the ground (by rabbits etc) (burrow)
5) a hole through which a button is passed (buttonhole)
6) a small hole (cavity)
7) a round hole at the top of a volcano (crater)
8) to mend (a hole in) (something) by sewing over it (darn)
9) (to cause a hole etc) to become deep(er) (deepen)
10) of dig; to use a tool, machine, claws etc to break up and move (soil etc); make (a way) through, into etc by doing this; make (a hole etc) by doing this (dug)