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down-hole

down-hole is the alternative spelling of downhole.

Meaning of downhole

Adjective

downhole

  1. (oil industry) Located in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea.
    • In the work over, part of the new "string" was a down-hole titanium gauge.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 44

Questions about down-hole

What is down-hole the alternative spelling of?
Down-hole is the alternative spelling of downhole.

Words near down-hole in the dictionary

  1. down-easters
  2. down-gyved
  3. down-hearted
  4. down-heartedly
  5. down-heartedness
  6. down-hole
  7. down-home
  8. down-line
  9. down-lines
  10. down-low
  11. down-lows

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