bore hole

  • 11bore — ‘make a hole’ [OE] and bore ‘be tiresome’ [18] are almost certainly two distinct words. The former comes ultimately from an Indo European base *bhor , *bhr , which produced Latin forāre ‘bore’ (whence English foramen ‘small anatomical opening’),… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 12bore — ‘make a hole’ [OE] and bore ‘be tiresome’ [18] are almost certainly two distinct words. The former comes ultimately from an Indo European base *bhor , *bhr , which produced Latin forāre ‘bore’ (whence English foramen ‘small anatomical opening’),… …

    Word origins

  • 13Hole — Hole, v. t. [AS. holian. See {Hole}, n.] 1. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14hole — n Hole, hollow, cavity, pocket, void, vacuum are comparable when they mean an open or unfilled space in a thing. Hole may apply to an opening in a solid body that is or that suggests a depression or an excavation {those holes where eyes did once… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 15bore — Ⅰ. bore [1] ► VERB 1) make (a hole) in something with a drill or other tool. 2) hollow out (a gun barrel or other tube). ► NOUN 1) the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube. 2) the diameter of this: a small bore rifle …

    English terms dictionary

  • 16bore — [n] nuisance bother, bromide, bummer*, creep*, deadhead*, downer*, drag*, drip*, dull person, flat tire*, headache, nag, nudge, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, pill*, soporific, stuffed shirt*, tedious person, tiresome person, wet blanket*, wimp* …

    New thesaurus

  • 17bore — bore1 boreable, borable, adj. /bawr, bohr/, v., bored, boring, n. v.t. 1. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument. 2. to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument. 3. to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine,… …

    Universalium

  • 18bore — [[t]bɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ bores, boring, bored 1) VERB If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting. [V n with n] Dickie bored him all through the meal with stories of the Navy... [V n] Life in the country bores me …

    English dictionary

  • 19Hole saw — Not to be confused with Core drill. A 52 mm (2.0 in) hole saw with pilot bit …

    Wikipedia

  • 20Bore gauge — A bore gauge is a convenient term for the measuring or transfer tools that are used in the process of accurately measuring holes.Transfer gaugesTelescopic gaugesThese are a range of gauges that are used to measure a bore s size, by transferring… …

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