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How to pronounce “hole”

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Pronunciation guide for hole

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of hole with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule ...what became known as black holes.
Definition summary: A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.

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Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule ...

what became known as black holes.

[Noun]
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
(heading) In games.
(archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
(figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
(physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
(computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
(slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
(slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
(Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
(informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
(slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
(figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
(graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
(slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
(Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
[Verb]
(transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
(transitive, by extension) To destroy.
(intransitive) To go into a hole.
(transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
(transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
[Adjective]
Obsolete spelling of whole.
Misspelling of whole.