# Hole (disambiguation)

A hole is a hollow place, an opening in/through a solid body, or an excavation in the ground.
Hole or holes may also refer to:

## Science and healthcare

* Black hole
* Electron hole, a concept in physics and chemistry
* K-hole, a psychological state associated with ketamine use
* Sinkhole, a hole in the ground due to natural subterranean subsidence
* White hole
* Wormhole
* Hole (topology) - in a topological space, a hole is a sphere that cannot be continuously extended to a ball.

## Technology

* Blind hole, a hole, usually drilled, which does not emerge on the other side of the substrate
* Buttonhole, a hole in fabric as part of a fastener
* Punchhole, a hole punched in paper, including punched cards and punched tape
* Sound hole, on a musical instrument
* Through hole, a hole, usually drilled, which emerges on the other side of the substrate
* Tone hole, an opening in a wind instrument which, when closed changes the pitch
* Touch hole, part of a gun or cannon where the powder is ignited
* Whitewater hole, a feature found in some white-water rapids

## Construction

* Fox hole, a defensive fighting position
* Lightening hole a hole made in a structural member, usually of a vehicle, to lighten it
* Manhole, an opening in the ground to access the sewers or other underground services
* Murder-hole, or meurtrière, a hole in the ceiling of a gateway or passageway in a fortification through which the defenders could fire, throw, or pour harmful substances or objects down on attackers
* Porthole, a window on a ship's external hull
* Spider hole, a type of camouflaged one-man foxhole

## People with the name

* Hole (surname)
* Holes (surname)

## Places

* Hôle, a municipality in Belgium also called Halen
* Høle, Norway, a borough and former municipality
* Hole, Norway, a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway

## Prison

* Black Hole of Calcutta, small prison or dungeon in Fort William
* Celle Hole (German: Celler Loch), a breach in the outer wall of the prison of Celle, Germany
* "The hole", prison slang describing the location for solitary confinement

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Films

* Hole (film), 2014 Canadian short drama film directed by Martin Edralin
* Holes (film), 2003 theatrical adaptation of Louis Sachar's novel

### Games

* Hole (chess), a chess term
* Hole, a poker term

### Literature

* Holes (novel), 1998 young adult mystery by Louis Sachar
** Holes (play), 1998 stage adaptation of Louis Sachar's novel
* Plot hole, in writing

### Music
#### Groups

* Hole (band), an alternative rock band formed by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson in 1989

#### Albums and EPs

* Hole (EP), 2005 EP by 65daysofstatic
* Hole (Foetus album), 1984 album by Foetus
* Hole (Merzbow album), 1994 album by Merzbow
* Hole (One-Eyed Doll album), 2007 album by American band One-Eyed Doll
* Holes (album), 2004 album by melpo mene

### Songs

* "Hole" (song), by Kelly Clarkson on the 2007 album My December
* "Holes" (Mercury Rev song), from the 1999 album Deserter's Songs
* "Holes" (Passenger song), a 2013 single from the 2012 album All the Little Lights
* "Holes", by Pint Shot Riot from the 2008 EP Round One
* "Holes", by Electric Guest from the 2012 album Mondo
* "Holes", by Scratch Acid from the 1986 album Just Keep Eating
* "Holes", by Rascal Flatts from the 2004 album Feels Like Today
* "Holes", by Jon Oliva's Pain from the 2006 album Maniacal Renderings
* "Holes", a 1985 single by Specimen
* "Holes", by Mateo Messina from the soundtrack to the 2015 film Barely Lethal
* "Holes" (born 1987), by Jetty Rae from the 2008 album Blackberries (2008)|Blackberries
* "Holes", by Smile Empty Soul from the 2005 album Anxiety
* "Holes", by Red Plastic Bag

### Television

* "Hole" (Bottom), an episode of the British television sitcom Bottom
* "Holes" (American Horror Story), a 2017 episode of the anthology television series American Horror Story

## Sports

* Hole (American football), a space between the defensive linemen
* Hole (golf), a segment of a golf course
* Hole in one (also known as a hole-in-one or an ace, mostly in American English), occurs when a ball hit from a tee to start a hole finishes in the cup
** Hole-in-one Register (or United States Golf Register), the United States' official historical registry of holes-in-one
* Hole set, a position in water polo

## Other uses

* Law of holes, an adage which states that "if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging"