Hole facts for kids

A hole is an empty space in a solid object, which can be flat.

It can also mean other things:

• In golf, it is a special place on a golf course. All players want to put their ball in the holes, in as few strikes as possible.
• In Literature, Holes is the name of Louis Sachar's book. Its following book is Small Steps.
• Hole (band) was an American rock band. Their singer was Courtney Love.
• Hole, a municipality in Norway - in Buskerud county.

Images for kids

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  A hole through a dead tree.

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  Perforation holes between a pair of postage stamps from a coil of stamps.

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  In geometric topology, the doughnut and the coffee cup are considered to fall into the same mathematical "genus" because each has one hole.

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  Hole types in engineering: blind (left), through (middle), interrupted (right).

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  Shallow potholes in a road surface.

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  The Great Blue Hole near Ambergris Caye, Belize, is an underwater sinkhole.

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  Hole in the ground dug by a fox as its burrow.

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  Hole in a Eucalyptus tree used as a nest by Lorikeets.

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  Trees visible through a large hole in a tree trunk in Laos.

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  Hole in a cloud over Karawanks, Slovenia.

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  Sock with a hole in it.

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  Simulated view of a black hole in front of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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  First image of a black hole by the Event Horizon Telescope.

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  Close-up view of an electronic circuit board showing component lead holes (gold-plated) with through-hole plating.

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  Sound holes precisely carved into the surface of a guitar can facilitate a desired sound.

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  First World War cartoon Well, if you knows of a better 'ole, go to it by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1915.

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  A hole in the Berlin wall, 2019.

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  A handheld hole punch, used to make holes in paper and similar materials.