hole

n 1: an opening into or through something

2: an opening deliberately made in or through something

3: one unit of play from tee to green on a golf course; "he

played 18 holes"

4: an unoccupied space

5: a depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: {hollow}]

6: a fault; "he shot holes in my argument"

7: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a

terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: {fix},

{jam}, {mess}, {muddle}, {pickle}, {kettle of fish}]

8: informal terms for the mouth [syn: {trap}, {maw}, {yap}]

v 1: in golf: hit the ball into the hole [syn: {hole out}]

2: make holes in

hole

The absence of an {electron} in a

{semiconductor} material. In the {electron model}, a hole can

be thought of as an incomplete outer electron shell in a

doping substance. Holes can also be thought of as positive

charge carriers; while this is in a sense a fiction, it is a

useful abstraction.

(1995-10-06)