borehole

English

Etymology

From bore +‎ hole.

Pronunciation

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Noun

borehole (plural boreholes)

1. A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.
   • 2020 May 6, Jim Steer, “Full Business Case offers fresh insight into HS2's prospects”, in Rail, page 51:

     Extensive borehole information and tendered contract prices make these cost estimates much more plausible than earlier estimates.

Translations

hole bored into the ground

• Belarusian: свідраві́на f (svidravína)
• Estonian: puurauk
• Finnish: porausreikä
• Hungarian: fúrólyuk (hu), talajba fúrt lyuk
• Macedonian: дупнатина f (dupnatina)
• Malayalam: കുഴൽക്കിണർ (kuḻalkkiṇaṟ)
• Polish: otwór wiertniczy m
• Russian: сква́жина (ru) f (skvážina), бурова́я сква́жина f (burovája skvážina)
• Swedish: borrhål (sv) n
• Ukrainian: свердлови́на (uk) f (sverdlovýna)

Verb

borehole (third-person singular simple present boreholes, present participle boreholing, simple past and past participle boreholed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To bore a hole of this kind (in).