BORE-HOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bore-hole mean? 

• BORE-HOLE (noun)
  The noun BORE-HOLE has 1 sense:

1. a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

  Familiarity information: BORE-HOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BORE-HOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bore; bore-hole; drill hole

Hypernyms ("bore-hole" is a kind of...):

excavation (a hole in the ground made by excavating)

Domain category:

excavation; mining (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bore-hole"):

shot hole (drill hole for a charge of an explosive)