"downhole" meaning in English

See downhole in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: down-hole [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English down- Proto-Germanic *hulaz Proto-Germanic *hulą Proto-West Germanic *hol Old English hol Middle English hole English hole English downhole From down- + hole. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|down-|hole|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English down- Proto-Germanic *hulaz Proto-Germanic *hulą Proto-West Germanic *hol Old English hol Middle English hole English hole English downhole [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*hol", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "hol", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "hole", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "hole", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "downhole", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="downhole"> From down- + hole. Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} downhole
  1. (oil industry) Located in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea.
    Sense id: en-downhole-en-adj-JN9v2xBg Categories (other): Oil industry, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with down-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 100 0

Noun

Forms: downholes [plural], down-hole [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English down- Proto-Germanic *hulaz Proto-Germanic *hulą Proto-West Germanic *hol Old English hol Middle English hole English hole English downhole From down- + hole. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|down-|hole|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English down- Proto-Germanic *hulaz Proto-Germanic *hulą Proto-West Germanic *hol Old English hol Middle English hole English hole English downhole [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*hol", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "hol", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "hole", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "hole", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "downhole", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="downhole"> From down- + hole. Head templates: {{en-noun}} downhole (plural downholes)
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-downhole-en-noun-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "down-",
        "4": "hole",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish down-\nProto-Germanic *hulaz\nProto-Germanic *hulą\nProto-West Germanic *hol\nOld English hol\nMiddle English hole\nEnglish hole\nEnglish downhole\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*hol\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"hol\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"hole\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"hole\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"downhole\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"downhole\">\nFrom down- + hole.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish down-\nProto-Germanic *hulaz\nProto-Germanic *hulą\nProto-West Germanic *hol\nOld English hol\nMiddle English hole\nEnglish hole\nEnglish downhole\nFrom down- + hole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "down-hole",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "downhole",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Oil industry",
          "orig": "en:Oil industry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with down-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              58
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 44:",
          "text": "In the work over, part of the new \"string\" was a down-hole titanium gauge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2015, Ronald DiPippo, Geothermal Power Plants:",
          "text": "Pressure readings are taken downhole next to the feed zone and the total flow is measured on the surface using a separator.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Located in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea."
      ],
      "id": "en-downhole-en-adj-JN9v2xBg",
      "links": [
        [
          "bore",
          "bore"
        ],
        [
          "oil well",
          "oil well"
        ],
        [
          "underground",
          "underground"
        ],
        [
          "undersea",
          "undersea"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "oil industry",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(oil industry) Located in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "downhole"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "down-",
        "4": "hole",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish down-\nProto-Germanic *hulaz\nProto-Germanic *hulą\nProto-West Germanic *hol\nOld English hol\nMiddle English hole\nEnglish hole\nEnglish downhole\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*hol\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"hol\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"hole\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"hole\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"downhole\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"downhole\">\nFrom down- + hole.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish down-\nProto-Germanic *hulaz\nProto-Germanic *hulą\nProto-West Germanic *hol\nOld English hol\nMiddle English hole\nEnglish hole\nEnglish downhole\nFrom down- + hole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "downholes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "down-hole",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "downhole (plural downholes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-downhole-en-noun-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "downhole"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymology trees",
    "English entries with etymon",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with down-",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "down-",
        "4": "hole",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish down-\nProto-Germanic *hulaz\nProto-Germanic *hulą\nProto-West Germanic *hol\nOld English hol\nMiddle English hole\nEnglish hole\nEnglish downhole\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*hol\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"hol\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"hole\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"hole\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"downhole\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"downhole\">\nFrom down- + hole.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish down-\nProto-Germanic *hulaz\nProto-Germanic *hulą\nProto-West Germanic *hol\nOld English hol\nMiddle English hole\nEnglish hole\nEnglish downhole\nFrom down- + hole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "down-hole",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "downhole",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Oil industry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              58
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 44:",
          "text": "In the work over, part of the new \"string\" was a down-hole titanium gauge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2015, Ronald DiPippo, Geothermal Power Plants:",
          "text": "Pressure readings are taken downhole next to the feed zone and the total flow is measured on the surface using a separator.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Located in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bore",
          "bore"
        ],
        [
          "oil well",
          "oil well"
        ],
        [
          "underground",
          "underground"
        ],
        [
          "undersea",
          "undersea"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "oil industry",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(oil industry) Located in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "downhole"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymology trees",
    "English entries with etymon",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with down-",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "down-",
        "4": "hole",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish down-\nProto-Germanic *hulaz\nProto-Germanic *hulą\nProto-West Germanic *hol\nOld English hol\nMiddle English hole\nEnglish hole\nEnglish downhole\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*hol\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"hol\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"hole\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"hole\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"downhole\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"downhole\">\nFrom down- + hole.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish down-\nProto-Germanic *hulaz\nProto-Germanic *hulą\nProto-West Germanic *hol\nOld English hol\nMiddle English hole\nEnglish hole\nEnglish downhole\nFrom down- + hole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "downholes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "down-hole",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "downhole (plural downholes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "downhole"
}

Download raw JSONL data for downhole meaning in English (5.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.