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borehole

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: well
  • The state of the groundwater is monitored at various boreholes in the area.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: well

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any other hole that has been bored into something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There were little boreholes in the oak beam, indicating that insects had once taken some interest in it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bore

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To bore a hole of this kind (in).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From bore + hole.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: buruq — hole bored into the ground
  • Belarusian: свідраві́на (svidravína) — hole bored into the ground
  • Estonian: puurauk — hole bored into the ground
  • Finnish: porausreikä — hole bored into the ground
  • Greek: γεώτρηση (geótrisi) — hole bored into the ground
  • Hungarian: fúrólyuk — hole bored into the ground
  • Hungarian: talajba fúrt lyuk — hole bored into the ground
  • Macedonian: дупнатина (dupnatina) — hole bored into the ground
  • Malayalam: കുഴൽക്കിണർ (kuḻalkkiṇaṟ) — hole bored into the ground
  • Polish: otwór wiertniczy — hole bored into the ground
  • Russian: сква́жина (skvážina) — hole bored into the ground
  • Russian: бурова́я сква́жина (burovája skvážina) — hole bored into the ground
  • Swedish: borrhål — hole bored into the ground
  • Ukrainian: свердлови́на (sverdlovýna) — hole bored into the ground
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