"borehole" meaning in All languages combined

See borehole on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-borehole.wav Forms: boreholes [plural]
Etymology: From bore + hole. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bore|hole}} bore + hole Head templates: {{en-noun}} borehole (plural boreholes)
  1. A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water. Translations (hole bored into the ground): свідраві́на (svidravína) [feminine] (Belarusian), puurauk (Estonian), porausreikä (Finnish), fúrólyuk (Hungarian), talajba fúrt lyuk (Hungarian), дупнатина (dupnatina) [feminine] (Macedonian), കുഴൽക്കിണർ (kuḻalkkiṇaṟ) (Malayalam), otwór wiertniczy [masculine] (Polish), сква́жина (skvážina) [feminine] (Russian), бурова́я сква́жина (burovája skvážina) [feminine] (Russian), borrhål [neuter] (Swedish), свердлови́на (sverdlovýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-borehole-en-noun-eUMJD7uE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 86 14

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-borehole.wav Forms: boreholes [present, singular, third-person], boreholing [participle, present], boreholed [participle, past], boreholed [past]
Etymology: From bore + hole. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bore|hole}} bore + hole Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-borehole-en-verb-TvThQ4Mg

Inflected forms

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