• Black hole
  Black hole
  A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing, not even light, can escape. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole. Around a black hole there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that...
  
  
• Blind hole
• Electron hole
  Electron hole
  An electron hole is the conceptual and mathematical opposite of an electron, useful in the study of physics, chemistry, and electrical engineering. The concept describes the lack of an electron at a position where one could exist in an atom or atomic lattice...
  
  , a concept in physics and chemistry
• Fox hole or spider hole
  Spider hole
  A spider hole is U.S. military parlance for a camouflaged one-man foxhole, used for observation. A spider hole is typically a shoulder-deep, protective, round hole, often covered by a camouflaged lid, in which a soldier can stand and fire a weapon...
  
  , in the military
• Manhole
  Manhole
  A manhole is an opening used to gain access to sewers or other underground structures, usually for maintenance.Manhole may also refer to:* Manhole , a metal band from Los Angeles* The Manhole, a computer game...
  
  , an opening in the ground to access the sewer under a city
• Murder-hole
  Murder-hole
  A murder hole or meurtrière is a hole in the ceiling of a gateway or passageway in a fortification through which the defenders could fire, throw or pour harmful substances, such as rocks, arrows, scalding water, hot sand, quicklime, tar, or boiling oil, down on attackers. They also allowed water to...
  
  
• Portable hole
  Portable hole
  In various works of fiction, such as cartoons and Dungeons & Dragons, a portable hole is a device that can be used to contravene the laws of physics. It generally resembles a circular cloth which is placed on a surface to create a hole. If placed on a wall, for example, the user could crawl through...
  
  , a fictional device
• Porthole
  Porthole
  A porthole is a generally circular, window used on the hull of ships to admit light and air. Porthole is actually an abbreviated term for "port hole window"...
  
  , a window on a ship's external hull
• Punchhole, a hole punched in paper
• Sound hole
  Sound hole
  A sound hole is an opening in the upper sound board of a stringed musical instrument.The sound holes can have different shapes: round in flat-top guitars, F-holes in instruments from the violin or viol families and in arched-top guitars, rosettes in lutes. Bowed Lyras have D-holes and Mandolins may...
  
  , on a musical instrument
  • Tone hole
    Tone hole
    A tone hole is an opening in the body of a wind instrument which, when covered by a key, alters the pitch of the sound produced.The resonant frequencies of the an air column in a pipe are inversely proportional to the pipe's effective length. For a pipe with no tone holes, the effective length is...
    
    
• Touch hole
  Touch hole
  A touch hole is a small hole, through which the propellant charge of a cannon or muzzleloading gun is ignited. In small arms, the flash from a charge of priming held in the flash pan is enough to ignite the charge within...
  
  
• Whitewater hole, a feature found in some whitewater rapids
• Wormhole
  Wormhole
  In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would be, fundamentally, a "shortcut" through spacetime. For a simple visual explanation of a wormhole, consider spacetime visualized as a two-dimensional surface. If this surface is folded along a third dimension, it...
  
  

Entertainment

• Holes (novel)
  Holes (novel)
  Holes is a Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar. It was adapted into a screenplay for the 2003 film by Walt Disney Pictures. In 2006, Sachar published Small Steps, a companion novel featuring one of the characters from Holes.-Plot:...
  
  , by Louis Sachar
  • Holes (film)
    Holes (film)
    Holes is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same name by Louis Sachar, who also wrote the screenplay, with Shia LaBeouf as the lead role of Stanley Yelnats...
    
    , a 2003 theatrical adaptation of the novel
  • Holes (novel)
    Holes (novel)
    Holes is a Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar. It was adapted into a screenplay for the 2003 film by Walt Disney Pictures. In 2006, Sachar published Small Steps, a companion novel featuring one of the characters from Holes.-Plot:...
    
    , a 1998 stage adaptation of the novel
• Plot hole
  Plot hole
  A plot hole, or plothole, is a gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot, or constitutes a blatant omission of relevant information regarding the plot...
  
  , in writing
• Hole (Bottom episode)
  Hole (Bottom episode)
  "Hole" is the first episode of the third series of British television sitcom, Bottom. It was first broadcast on 6 January 1995. It is notable as the last of only three episodes to feature only the two main characters, however it is the only one of the three to be set entirely outside of the flat...
  
  , an episode of the British television sitcom Bottom

Music

• Hole (band)
  Hole (band)
  Hole is an American alternative rock band that originally formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The band is fronted by vocalist/songwriter and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with former songwriter/lead guitarist Eric Erlandson...
  
  , an alternative rock band formed by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson in 1989
• Hole (Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel album), 1984
• Hole (Merzbow album)
  Hole (Merzbow album)
  Hole is a studio album by the Japanese noise musician, Merzbow. It was released in a limited edition of 500 copies and contained a live set done in 1992.-Track listing:All music by Masami Akita except where noted.# "Noisematrix" – 19:39...
  
  , 1994
• Holes (album)
  Holes (album)
  Holes, released in 2004 is the first album by Indie pop band melpo mene, produced by Imperial Recordings.-Track listing:# "I Should Get Away" - 3:14# "Holes" - 2:37# "Hello Benjamin" - 4:37# "Good With the Mothers" - 3:09# "To Be Someone" - 3:10...
  
  , a 2004 album by melpo mene
• Hole (EP)
  Hole (EP)
  Hole is an EP by the Sheffield, UK, instrumental post-rock band 65daysofstatic, released on 14 March 2005 on Monotreme Records. The title track is taken from their album The Fall of Math.-Track listing:#"Hole" – 4:34#"Wrong Side of the Tracks" – 1:14...
  
  , by 65daysofstatic
• "Holes" (song)
  Holes (song)
  "Holes" is the fourth single from Mercury Rev's fourth studio album, Deserter's Songs. The single was released in Australia only as a limited edition tour EP on July 7, 1999, although promotional CD singles were distributed to UK radio stations in 2006...
  
  , by Mercury Rev
• "Holes" (Pint Shot Riot song)
  Holes (Pint Shot Riot song)
  "Holes" was the third single by Coventry-based indie rock band Pint Shot Riot. The single was the band's first to be released on 7" vinyl. The track later features on the band's debut EP Round One in 2009....
  
  , from their EP Round One
• Hole (song), a song by Kelly Clarkson on the album My December

Games and sport

• Hole (association football)
• A segment of a golf course
  Golf course
  A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
  
  
• A term in the game of poker

See also

• The Hole (disambiguation)
• HOL (disambiguation)
• Pit (disambiguation)
• Portal (disambiguation)
• Whole (disambiguation)