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BORE HOLE

Specialty Definition: BORE HOLE

DomainDefinition

Biology & Biotechnology

A bore hole in wood or bark made by an adult insect or by a larvae. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Any sort of passage, tubular or irregular, made by an organism feeding or excavating, more particularly by insects and marine borers. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A hole or well drilled or bored principally by mechanical means in order to explore geological conditions and/or to tap oil deposits. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BORE HOLE

English words defined with "BORE HOLE": Seed bag. (references)
Specialty definitions using "BORE HOLE": AIR-HOLE DRILLERborer hole, BRIAR CUTTERinsect holeneedle holePLUGGING-MACHINE OPERATORWell Plug. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BORE HOLE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bore hole

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BORE HOLE

Language Translations for "BORE HOLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

borehul (bore, borer hole, burrow, grub, hole, insect hole, needle hole, pin hole, pinworm hole, shot hole, trial pit, tunnel), boregang (bore, borer hole, burrow, grub, hole, tunnel). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

buisput (tubewell, tubular well), boring (calibre), boorgat (bore, borehole, boring, drill hole, drilled hole, hole, shot hole, trial pit, well), put (cave, cavity, well), nortonput (tubewell, tubular well). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

toukkakäytävä (bore, borer hole, burrow, grub, hole, tunnel), porakaivo (borehole, drilled well, tubewell, tubular well). (various references)

   

French

  

trou de sonde (bore), sonde (bore, boring), sondage (bore, boring, prospecting by borings or trial pits, test boring), puits tubulaire, puit (bore, boring), pore hyphal, galerie d'insecte xylophage (bore, borer hole), galerie d'insecte (borer hole), forage (boring). (various references)

   

German

  

Bohrung (bore, borehole, boring, drill-hole, drilling, sinking), Bohrloch (bore, borehole, boring, drill-hole, well), Bohrgang (borer hole, gallery, insect hole, mine, tunnel), Bohrbrunnen (tubewell, tubular well), Sonde (probe, sonde, tube), Rohrbrunnen (drilled well, tubewell, tubular well), Roehrenbrunnen (tubewell, tubular well), Insektenfrassgang (borer hole, insect hole), Hyphenbohrloch (hyphal hole), Frassgang (borer hole, gallery, insect hole, mine, tunnel). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύραγξ ξυλοφάγου,οπή ξυλοφάγου (bore, borer hole, grub, hole, tunnel), σωληνωτόν ή γεώτρητον φρέαρ (tubewell, tubular well), ερευνητική γεώτρηση (bore, boring, drill hole, hole, new-pool wildcat, well). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tunnel (tunnel), trivellazione (bore, boring, drill hole, hole, well), sondaggio (poll, probing, sounding, survey), perforazione di sondaggio (bore, boring, drill hole, hole, well), perforazione di insetto (borer hole, insect hole), perforazione (boring, drilling, perforation), galleria di insetto (borer hole, insect hole), galleria (arcade, balcony, circle, gallery, tunnel), foro ifale (hyphal hole). (various references)

   

Manx

  

towl meainey. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orebay olehay

   

Portuguese

  

sondagem (pump), poro de hifa (hyphal hole), poço tubular (tubewell, tubular well), galeria de inseto (borer hole, insect hole), galeria de insecto xilófago (bore, borer hole, burrow, grub, hole, tunnel). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

gaurã de sondã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

шпур (hole), буровая скважина (drillhole, drill-hole, mining hole, mining-hole). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sondeo (canvass, feeler, overture, probe, probing, reconnaissance, sounding), pozo tubular (tubewell, tubular well), perforación hifal (hyphal hole), perforación (boring, drilling, perforation, piercing, puncture), mina de insecto (borer hole, insect hole), galería de insecto xilófago (bore, borer hole, burrow, grub, hole, tunnel), galería de insecto (borer hole, insect hole). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

borrbrunn (drilled well, tubewell, tubular well), borrad brunn (drilled well, tubewell, tubular well), rörbrunn (tubewell, tubular well), larvgång (bore, borer hole, grub, hole, tunnel). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BORE HOLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: borehole.

Words within the letters "b-e-e-h-l-o-o-r"

-2 letters: bolero.

-3 letters: obole, rebel, roble.

-4 letters: beer, bole, bolo, boor, bore, bree, broo, hebe, heel, helo, herb, here, herl, hero, hobo, hoer, hole, leer, lehr, lobe, lobo, lore, oboe, obol, oleo, orle, reel, robe, role.

-5 letters: bee, bel, boo, bro, eel, ere, her, hob, hoe, lee, lob, loo, obe, oho, ole, ooh, orb, ore.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-h-l-o-o-r"
 

+1 letter: boreholes.

 

+3 letters: rhabdocoele.

 

+4 letters: rhabdocoeles.

 

+5 letters: chlorobenzene, honorableness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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