Is digging a hole in sand considered a hole?

[kermit911]

Ok... I look at a hole as being something I can look through or see through. Like a hole in a peice of papper, or a hole through a table. If you were to dig a "hole" in sand, I think that would be clasified as a crater or ditch, wouldn't it? I'm just a little confused on what makes a hole... a hole. Can u help me?

Thanx

[landie]

Yes it is a hole. A hole does not necessarilly need to be a through hole. You can drill a blind hole in a solid by going only part way through. A lot of tapped holes are also blind. I guess a hole is something that you can fill with something else, whether its though or blind.

[Quizmonster]

In Old English 'hol' meant 'a hollow place', so there never was any necessity for it to be an aperture or perforation such as you suggest.