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Plural of boring

regular plural

The plural of boring is borings.

Forms of boring

Singularboring /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/
Pluralborings
Countablecountable and uncountable

Borings in a sentence

  • It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.1992, J. Patrick Powers, Construction dewatering: new methods and applications, page 191
  • Dynamically by measuring velocities of elastic longitudinal waves dispersing through the rocky mass between the soundage borings .1961, B. Kujundžić, Testing Mechanical Features of Rocks, page 14. From the entry soundage

Meaning of boring

  1. noun The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
  2. noun Enlarging an existing hole with a single-point cutting tool or a boring head (usually with high precision and accuracy regarding the roundness and size of the hole).
  3. noun Drilling.

Full definition of boring

Questions about the plural of boring

What is the plural of boring?
The plural of boring is borings.
Is boring countable?
Boring is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boring (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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