hole

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.

A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.

The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.

The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.

A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.

A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.

In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.

An excavation pit or trench.

A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.