how to pronounce holes

/ˈhoʊlz/

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holes is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of holes in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… saw a gun there's a lot of holes to be …”

meanings of holes

noun:

Plural of hole.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hole.

holes frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word holes occurs in english on average 24 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics holes can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that holes can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;