BOREHOLE

Etymology

Noun

borehole (plural boreholes)

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

Verb

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

(ambitransitive) To bore a hole of this kind (in).

Source: Wiktionary



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