Synonyms of hole
12 similar words
Another word for hole is box. Other synonyms of hole are administrative segregation, ad-seg, block, cooler and hotbox.
Synonyms and similar words for hole
nounSolitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- boxA cell used for solitary confinement.
- administrative segregationSynonym of hole (“solitary confinement”).
- ad-seg
- block UK
- cooler UK
- hotbox
- lockdown
- pound
- SCU
- security housing unitSynonym of hole (“solitary confinement”).
- SHU
- special handling unitSynonym of hole (“solitary confinement”).
Meaning of hole
- noun A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- noun An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- noun 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.
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