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boreholes

boreholes is the plural of borehole.

boreholes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of borehole.

Meaning of borehole

Noun

borehole (plural boreholes)

  1. A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.
    • Near-synonym: well
    Synonyms:
    well
  2. Any other hole that has been bored into something.
    • There were little boreholes in the oak beam, indicating that insects had once taken some interest in it.
    Synonyms:
    bore

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Questions about boreholes

What is boreholes the plural of?
Boreholes is the plural of borehole.

Words near boreholes in the dictionary

  1. Boreham
  2. Borehams
  3. Borehamwood
  4. borehole
  5. boreholed
  6. boreholes
  7. boreholing
  8. Boreiad
  9. Boreiads
  10. boreid
  11. boreids

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