Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hole that is drilled into the earth, as in exploratory well drilling or in building construction.
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- noun A hole
bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extractoil orwater .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A borehole is a small diameter hole drilled from the land surface to collecting soil samples.
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It would be the first mining project in Minnesota to use something called borehole extraction.
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A listening device is due to be lowered down a borehole, which is being drilled.
BBC News - Home 2010
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This kind of blowout likely was due to forces at work down in the borehole, meaning that the problem was thousands of feet below the surface of the ocean, where one would not even know a hurricane was present.
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Indirect indicators, such as borehole temperatures and glacier shrinkage, provide independent support for the observed warming.
Aide: Obama believes tax on costly policies 'has some merit' 2009
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Indirect indicators of warming such as borehole temperatures, snow cover, and glacier recession data, are in substantial agreement with the more direct indicators of recent warmth.
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Incidentally, an analogy with ice cores comes up here, once the borehole is drilled, it is open to air and water circulation from the surface, these must surely introduce more variability in the walls of the borehole which is where you measure the temperature!
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A borehole is a deep and narrow shaft in the ground used for abstraction of fluid or gas reserves below the earth’s surface.
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My only worry is that we have only one borehole which is the only source of water in our village.
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My only worry is that we have only one borehole which is the only source of water in our village.
ecbrenner commented on the word borehole
"A hole made by boring." --Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary
April 21, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word borehole
I could've made a dozen today, then. *Yawns*
April 21, 2009
bilby commented on the word borehole
lolz!
April 21, 2009
frindley commented on the word borehole
This makes me think of the term "organ bore", which seems to me to have a double meaning… (one of which should only be used with the utmost affection and indulgence).
April 21, 2009
dontcry commented on the word borehole
HA! This is right up there with padded face hole.
"Shut yer borehole, Fred. Yer puttin' everyone ta sleep."
April 21, 2009