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bores

UK/bɔːz/US/bɔɹz/

bores is the plural of bore.

bores is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bore.

Meaning of bore

Noun

bore (plural bores)

  1. A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.
    • the bore of a cannon
  2. (Australia) A borehole sunk into an artesian basin to provide a source of water.
  3. The diameter of such a hole.
    1. (especially) The diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or compressor.
      • The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.
  4. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
  5. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

See all 23 meanings of bore

Proper noun capitalized: Bores

Bores (plural Boreses)

  1. A surname from Czech.

Forms of bores

pluralBoreses

Origin of bores

Borrowed from Czech Boreš.

Phrases with bores

Words that rhyme with bores

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about bores

What does bores mean?
Bores means a surname from Czech.
What is bores the plural of?
Bores is the plural of bore.
What part of speech is bores?
Bores is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bores?
Bores is pronounced /bɔɹz/ (US).

Words near bores in the dictionary

  1. borer
  2. borer bomb
  3. borer bombs
  4. Borerian
  5. borers
  6. bores
  7. bores in
  8. bores out
  9. borescope
  10. borescoped
  11. borescopes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bores (page history and authors); Bores (page history and authors); bore (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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